9-yr-old finishes cross-country ride

Harmless stunt, IMO, as long as the kid drives the effort. If so, good on him!

I should qualify that by adding that there’s probably plenty of negative opinion of the physiological effect of continued exercise stress on a developing child, but whatever it is, it’s probably mitigated if the subject is happy, injury free, and doing something he genuinely wants to do.

Much ink has been spilled over the ethics and technical chops of young solo circumnavigating sailors.

The same flame tempers steel and melts butter. The trick is to know what you’re working with and how much heat it will take. Not knowing this boy, it is quite possible one day he’ll make his mark on the world stage and point to this ride as a pivotal event, or maybe he suffered some kind of damage that won’t be apparent for years. Maybe both will happen, or neither. I am certain this ride will have left a mark on him, probably for the good.