Eight-year-old completes ’emotional’ climb up highest peak in north Africa

Franke McMillan is an eight-year-old mountaineer from Cumbria (Basia McMillan/PA) -

An eight-year-old mountaineer from Cumbria said he felt “so proud” after completing an “emotional” expedition up the highest peak in north Africa with his mother.

Frankie McMillan has been regularly climbing mountains with his mother Basia, 40, since he was a toddler, and he became the youngest Briton to climb Mount Olympus in Greece last year.