Boy, 7, becomes youngest ever Brit to climb highest mountain in Greece

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Boy, 7, becomes youngest ever Brit to climb highest mountain in Greece
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'I'm very proud.'

This little mountaineer is already an absolute machine – and he’s just become the youngest ever Brit to climbFrankie McMillan started scaling peaks when he was just three years old with his mum Basia McMillan, 39.

Frankie’s latest trek saw him reach the 9,573ft summit on September 2 after two days of making his way to the top with his mum and a local guide.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatThe seven-year-old reached the 9,573ft summit of Mount Olympus – Greece’s highest mountain

Frankie, from Gosforth, Cumbria, said: ‘I’m very proud of myself, it was the highest I have ever been before. ‘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.‘They don’t like climbing mountains as much as me because their legs get tired, but I love it.’Frankie is the youngest ever Brit to summit Mount Olympus in Greece

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