The 45-year-old added: ‘We are so proud but until he gets back down to Base Camp safe and sound we are holding our breath.’George, who caught the climbing bug from his Switzerland-based father, is three years younger than the previous record holder.The youngest person to ascend the Himalayan mountain is American Jordan Romero, who reached the summit last year aged 13.Tesco apologises for child's top with 'unacceptable' message about black mermaidLooking to buy in London?

'I also like it because of the beauty of the mountain ranges and the wildness of it. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media GroupClimber died on the summit of Everest before wife could tell him he had just become a father againEgypt's lost pyramids: Spied from space by satellite, 17 tombs buried by sands of timeGirl in pearls goes off to war: Country Life 'page three' model deployed with infantryHalf-term is on again! George was anxious about the effects of altitude, which can cause swelling of the brain tissue or the lungs to fill with fluid, both potentially fatal. Six down, one to go. We need to look at ways to keep the site moving forward whilst maintaining our key aim of allowing free access to everyone to our main content. 'We are absolutely delighted for George and so proud.

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But we put two and two together.' George, she says, struggled at school until he was treated for dyslexia.

You can show your support in one of two ways; both come with rewards, and one includes discounted products from Rockfax.Sadly he wasnt beaten up Everest by a below the knee amputee like the crown prince of mincers Bare Grills. The trip convinced George that he needed to be physically fitter for the more difficult peaks to come. (Food figures large in George's accounts of his early expeditions.) Eventually they made it to the top. The attempt on its summit turned into a waiting game. For George the idea of completing the Seven Summits had not at first been a determined plan.

Seeing the bodies [of climbers who hadn't made it] I just thought, "I don't want to end up like these people, I just want to summit this, and get down." I've got poor balance.' The previous 'seven summits' record was held by 17-year-old American Johnny Collinson.UKClimbing is a vibrant web site with rich content and an amazing community. 'It was cold and windy and damp and pretty miserable to be honest,' Bradford says, 'but George was completely focused.' Teenage climber George Atkinson became the youngest Briton to scale Everest when he reached the world’s highest peak on Thursday – aged just 16.And if that feat is not impressive enough, it also made him the youngest climber in the world to conquer the ‘Seven Summits’ – the tallest peak on every continent.George Atkinson stood on top of the 8,850m (29,000ft) mountain in the early hours, three days before he turns 17.George, who scaled Kilimanjaro when he was just 11, spent six weeks making his way up Everest as part of a 13-man team.Despite the mountain having taken more than 200 lives, the gap-year student opted to take what mountaineers consider to be the trickier route to the top.His mother, Penny, from Surbiton in Surrey, said his family was ‘delighted’. A schoolboy has become the youngest British mountaineer to climb Mount Everest - at the age of just 16.George Atkinson, who turns 17 on Sunday, reached the 8,848m summit at 2am this morning - making him the youngest ever Briton to stand on top of the world.It comes less than a week after Irish man John Delaney collapsed and died 50 metres before the top, not knowing his wife had just given birth to a baby girl back home.Top of the world: George Atkinson became the youngest Briton to scale Mount EverestGeorge's extraordinary feat saw him smash Rob Gauntlett's previous record by three years.He also became the youngest climber ever to have scaled the tallest peaks of each continent.His proud mother Penny, 45, said: 'George wasn't able to phone from the summit so we haven't spoken to him yet but I bet he's really pleased with himself.

It was amazing, you don't realise what's on the other side of the ridge until the sun comes up, and then you can see all the mountains below you. At 8.45am yesterday morning, when many teenagers would be contemplating whether they could be bothered to get out of bed, George Atkinson reached the top … Penny, 46, a former chemistry lecturer at Kingston University, has been adamant that the quest for the record should not get in the way of George's schooling. He was the strongest on the team at that stage; we came up an hour or two behind and he was sitting there quite happily.' There would be no sleep, however, as the remaining climbers were trying to eat enough to fuel up for the effort to come, and drinking boiled snow to hydrate themselves. He remembers it in his blog as fun, with some 'really crazy characters', and some of the best food he has eaten while climbing mountains. Instead, their guides took them through an area that belonged to a mining company, a deal that involved travelling in a blacked-out Land Rover at night and hiding out in a brothel. 'He cried a bit on the way up, but he loved it, he thought it was very exciting. The Big Bear, California-native beat the record previously held by British climber George Atkinson, who completed the ascents at age 16 in May. Teen Climber Now Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits.