The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.
ABBY SUNDERLANDI am twelve thousand miles wiser, twelve thousand miles more resilient, and I have twelve thousand miles more faith in God.
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I am twelve thousand miles wiser, twelve thousand miles more resilient, and I have twelve thousand miles more faith in God.
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It was amazing to see all the support that he got from around the world and to see how everyone worked together to help make his dream reality. Watching him do this really made me believe that I could too.
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I wanted to break the record, of course, and become the youngest person to sail around the world solo and unassisted.
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All the ingenuity, all the high-tech gear, all the jury-rigging sometimes the sea would rip it all away until there was only you, the Creator, and His mercy.
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The seriousness of my situation started to sink in, and again I fought panic. I pushed it down, but it was harder this time, like my insides were an open can of shaken soda and I was trying to keep it from bubbling up out of the top.
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One place is the turbulent passage south of Cape Horn. Another is the dead center of the Indian Ocean.
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The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.
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I knew that even if I was able to call for help, I was in a place so remote that it wasn’t likely there would be anyone who could help me. And even if there were, it could take weeks.
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I was so thankful that my parents trusted me enough and had enough faith in my abilities to let me follow my passion and try to do something great, even if I might fail.
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Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
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I will never forget the feeling of walking into my home, a place that while drifting helpless in the middle of the Indian Ocean I wondered if I would ever see again.
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Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.
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There are a number of places on marine charts where even the most weathered sailors point and say, “Right there, nothing can go wrong. Everything has to go right.”
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On October 19, 2009, my sixteenth birthday, Wild Eyes officially became mine! Now it was really happening.
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Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor.
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