On June 10, the worst storm in the series swept across the middle of the Indian Ocean and Wild Eyes was directly in its path.
ABBY SUNDERLANDSlowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.
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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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The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.
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Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
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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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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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Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.
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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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But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version of the Great Wall of China.
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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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The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
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The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.
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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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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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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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When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.
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