Meet the little mountaineer who started scaling peaks at the age of three and become the youngest Brit to climb Greece's highest mountain.<br /><br />Frankie McMillan, seven, has been regularly climbing mountains in the Lake District with his mum, Basia McMillan, 39, after she got him into the hobby as a toddler.<br /><br />Frankie summited Scafell Pike at just four years old and all the 214 Wainwrights (peaks) in the Lake District.<br /><br />His latest trek saw him reach the 9,573ft (2,918m) summit of Mount Olympus on the September 2, 2023, with his mum - and he became the youngest Brit to ever to do so.<br /><br />The mother and son duo spent two days trekking up the mountain with a local guide, before descending on September 3.<br /><br />Basia spent months exchanging emails and phone calls with the hike organisers and had to convince them Frankie would be able to reach the top.<br /><br />Frankie, from Gosforth, Cumbria, said: "I'm very proud of myself, it was the highest I have ever been before.<br /><br />"My favourite thing about climbing is spending time with my family, getting outdoors, looking at the views and finding treasure, but most of all I like the rock-climbing parts.<br /><br />"I would like to go to the top of Mount Everest, but I am too small, so maybe I can go up Rainbow Mountain in Peru or Toubkal in Morocco, or Everest Base Camp if my mum lets me.<br /><br />"My friends at school think that I am amazing.<br /><br />"They watched me on TV and congratulated me.<br /><br />"They don't like climbing mountains as much as me because their legs get tired, but I love it."<br /><br />Basia, a mountain guide, said: "I was a little bit worried about him making it.<br /><br />"But he just made me proud - there wasn't a second where he complained or wanted to rest - if anything he was better than me.<br /><br />"He was just drinking in the experience - at times even the guide had to tell him to slow down.<br /><br />"He did very, very well.<br /><br />"It is so special - since he was small, I've always told him one day he will move the mountains.<br /><br />"I knew he'd be able to do it, of course I was worried, and you never know for sure, but when we got to the top, I was so proud.<br /><br />"It was a very joyful experience to see him touching the top after all the planning and worries."<br /><br />Basia's day job sees her taking people to the peaks of the Lake District and she says Frankie has always had an interest in joining her.<br /><br />She said: "Frankie would always see me walking up and down and he always wanted to come with me so when he was three, I took him up.<br /><br />"And he did it himself, I thought he would just turn back but he made it all the way to the top and since then he's been asking for more and more.<br /><br />"He wanted to go and play football after we climbed Scafell Pike."<br /><br />The final ascent of Mount Olympus is very "technical" but Basia says that's what Frankie was most excited about.<br /><br />She said: "We tried to find something as high as possible but within the limit.<br /><br />"2,500 metres is considered a good starter altitude for a hike.<br /><br />"It was as high as we could go at this age and Frankie really likes the technical parts of rock climbing.<br /><br />"On the last kilometre it's very technical on Olympus and he was very excited about that part as it's pretty much a vertical ascent using your ropes."<br /><br />Now that Olympus has been ticked off, Frankie has his eyes set on Mount Toubkal in Morocco - with an ultimate dream of one day conquering Everest.<br /><br />Basia said: "He was asking when the next school break is for his next adventure.<br /><br />"And he's made a list of where he wants to go, Morocco, Nepal, Peru and Ecuador.<br /><br />"So, it'll either be Morocco in November or waiting until April and trying Mount Everest base camp.<br /><br />"That's a 15 day walk.<br /><br />"I think he's proved that he will be able to do it but I really think that technically he will be able to do it and that'll be the closest to his dream - so we'll see."<br /><br />Frankie and Basia have been raising money for Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team and have so far raised £2,492 of their £3,000 target - https://www.justgiving.com/page/basia-mcmillan-1689260661320
