Frankie McMillan, age 8, is about to start out his 12-day trek to Everest Base Camp. McMillan has been climbing mountains since he was three years outdated, in response to his mother, Basia McMillan, a mountain information. Collectively, the pair has already climbed a whole bunch of peaks.
Final September, Frankie McMillan garnered press consideration when he grew to become the youngest Briton to summit Mount Olympus. He was seven years outdated on the time. Now, simply months after his eighth birthday, McMillan is getting ready for his most intense feat but. Everest Base Camp sits at an elevation of 5,364 meters (17,598 ft).
As they trek, the McMillans will probably be elevating cash for Make-A-Want Basis U.Okay. They’re not new to fundraising, having raised hundreds of kilos for the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Crew through the Mount Olympus summit, in response to the McMillans’ Simply Giving fundraiser web page.
Younger McMillan’s dream is to climb Everest in full, however for now, he’ll must “settle” for going partway up, to Base Camp. In accomplish that, he hopes to assist different kids’s needs come true by elevating one pound for each meter—£5,364 whole.
In a Reel by BBC Cumbria, McMillan says he’s a bit nervous, however he’s additionally actually excited. He says he’s significantly excited to achieve Base Camp “as a result of my mum mentioned we might construct, like, 5 snowmen and have a snowball battle.”
Right here he’s saying his plans on YouTube on his eighth birthday:
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