An eight-year-old Cumbrian boy has reached Everest Base Camp with his mother while raising money for charity.

Frankie McMillan has successfully accomplished his dreams of touching the famous rock at Everest Base Camp after trekking for nine days.

His mother Basia McMillan is using their social media pages to share their journey to reach the base camp in Nepal.

On Tuesday (March 9) Basia shared a video of them reaching their goal, which is at an elevation of 17,598 ft (5,364 m).

Celebrating their achievement, Basia said: "After years of practice and dreaming he finally touched the famous rock at Everest Base Camp. I’m so so so so happy for you my boy. Commitment, determination and a 'never give up' attitude brought you here.

"We were trekking for nine days and still have three more to do. It wasn’t easy. Sleeping quite rough, eating very limited and unknown food, waking up super early, walking from dawn to dusk and all this at a high altitude. Moving places every day. Hungry, tired and smelly. But we had each other.

"We had our little meltdowns once or twice, but we could rely one on another. When I had an unbelievable headache Frankie would stroke my head or kiss the forehead. When Frankie was crying not being able to eat anything he liked I kept reminding him 'It’s just fuel to get you there'. When I was struggling up the steep hill 2 days ago he would motivate me to keep going. I would wake up every hour to crawl out of my sleeping bag to check if Frankie was breathing normally.

"We were a team. And without it simply we would not make it. I can’t even start explaining what a journey it was and how much we bonded together. How proud I am of Frankie and who he became."The Mail: Frankie at the Everest Base Camp.Frankie at the Everest Base Camp. (Image: Basia McMillan)

The pair set up a JustGiving page and to raise money for children’s charity Make-A-Wish UK. He planned to raise £5,364 – a pound for every metre of height to reach Base Camp - and has so far raised £1,612.

Frankie has been regularly climbing mountains with mother since he was a toddler, and last year took on his greatest challenge yet – becoming the youngest Briton to climb Mount Olympus in Greece.

He has climbed more than 500 mountains and hills, including summiting Scafell Pike when he was only four years old and taking on all the 214 Wainwrights in the Lake District.

To help with the donations visit his Just Giving page here.