I am twelve thousand miles wiser, twelve thousand miles more resilient, and I have twelve thousand miles more faith in God.
ABBY SUNDERLANDIn that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.
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In that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.
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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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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.
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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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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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I’m one-hundred-fifty miles off Cape Horn, both autopilots are broken, and my boat is drifting toward one of the nastiest chunks of ocean on the face of the earth.
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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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Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.
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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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When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.
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The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
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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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On October 19, 2009, my sixteenth birthday, Wild Eyes officially became mine! Now it was really happening.
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The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.
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The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.
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