2-year-old believed to be youngest ever to reach Mount Everest base camp

The child's father Ross Dallas said that he and his wife took some jackets and sleeping bags while preparing for the Mount Everest trek.

A two-year-old boy is believed to be the youngest person ever to make it to Mount Everest’s base camp, a New York Post report said. On October 25, Carter Dallas from Glasgow in Scotland reached the site 17,598 feet above sea level on his father's back.

The child's father Ross Dallas said that he and his wife took some jackets and sleeping bags while preparing for the trek and said they "basically did it on a whim" while on a year-long trip across Asia. "Within 24 hours of touching down in Kathmandu we started the trek," he said.

Dallas, 35, who is a former senior sales manager, said his son coped better than his wife during the trek and added they were amazed to find out he had better blood levels than he and his wife, when they had him checked by two medical professionals.

"Carter coped better than me and his mum. We both got slight altitude sickness but he was absolutely fine. There were two medics at the villages before base camp and they tested his blood to check he was fine, his results were way better than ours - they were amazed," he said.

The family put their house in Scotland on rent and set out on a year of travel in August last year. Since then, they have visited India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and the Maldives.

They then visited Nepal and then reached Malaysia before heading to Singapore to celebrate their son's birthday at Universal Studios. The family was hoping for the world record to be confirmed.