When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there’s a massive sense of accomplishment.
ABBY SUNDERLANDI 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 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 will definitely attempt to sail around the world again. In fact, I can’t wait for the chance to try again.
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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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When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.
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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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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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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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One place is the turbulent passage south of Cape Horn. Another is the dead center of the Indian Ocean.
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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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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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The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!
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The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.
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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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