In that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.
ABBY SUNDERLANDBeing at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
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When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.
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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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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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Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.
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I had begun to think that dreams are meant to be no more than dreams and that in reality dreams don’t come true. Then my brother (Zac) left on his trip.
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When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.
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If Wild Eyes reached those islands, she wouldn’t run aground, keel in the sand. She would be smashed into pieces.
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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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Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
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One day that same year, I told my dad that someday, I would sail around the world alone.
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It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don’t want to put them in a position to fail.
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The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.
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Terror ripped through me as I was falling, falling, falling toward the sea.
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The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.
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The winds were blowing from west to east, pushing Abby’s boat toward the rocks as Abby struggled with the autopilots below.
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