The Brief
- 19-year-old Ethan Guo is flying solo to all seven continents to raise $1 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
- He made a stop in Palo Alto this week, nearing the final stretch of his historic journey.
PALO ALTO, Calif. – A 19-year-old pilot on a mission to become the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents made a stop in Palo Alto Sunday.
But for Ethan Guo, the journey is about far more than setting records – it’s a personal flight against cancer.
With just 20 countries and two continents left, Guo is nearing the final stretch of a journey that’s taken him across five continents, through extreme weather, mechanical failures, and long stretches of solitude. …