Teen vies for record solo flight to 7 continents in bid to raise money for childhood cancer research
A Chinese-American teen is vying to set a record as the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents in a quest that also aims to drum up donations for research into childhood cancer
GENEVA (AP) — A Chinese-American teen is vying to set a record as the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents in a quest that also aims to drum up donations for research into childhood cancer.
Ethan Guo, who turned 19 last month, began his quest in May in Memphis, Tennessee. He has made multiple overnight stops and visited seven countries to get to the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday, before jetting off toward Heraklion in Greece.
The plan is to cover 50,000 miles over 100 days with stops in 60 countries. He hopes attention on the journey will drum up donations for his bid to raise up to $1 million for cancer research, an ambition born of the Stage-4 blood cancer diagnosis of a cousin of his.
That prompted the tousled-haired teen to reach out to Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital based in Memphis.
