Boy, 8, 'over the moon' to reach Everest base camp and has sights set on summit

An eight-year-old mountaineer from Cumbria has said he is “over the moon” to have reached Everest base camp after setting out with his mother to raise money for charity.

“I was watching him touching the base camp rock and seeing him making his dreams come true. It wasn’t only for me, it was supporting my son fulfilling his dreams which … there is no price for that, it was just priceless,” she told PA. Other mountaineers were “so welcoming and so encouraging”, she said, adding: “Every time we mentioned where we were going, no-one could really believe it.

Asked if reaching base camp had made Frankie more determined to summit the mountain, he said: “It has a lot. I literally didn’t think it was going to be that fun. It was amazing.”

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