[northwinds]

"Second I read an article that said her brother didn’t face near what she did and that his journey was a piece of cake compared to what she faced."

So her parents picked out the "easy" solo-circumnavigation of the world for their sixteen year old son....but then went to Google and found the "impossible" solo-navigation of the world route for the daughter....Columbus, Magellen, Cook and a few others are LTAO in their graves....piece of cake indeed. I'll give you credit, you do make me laugh....and sorry about that ex-husband...no harm intended.

[beckysueb]

They didn’t have the luxury of waiting for a better time for Abby. She had to beat the Australian girl so it had to be now. Proof that the fame and winning meant more to them than their daughters safety. I don’t think they deliberately put Abby in so much danger. I just don’t think they were truly aware of the danger. I’m sure they thought they knew but they didn’t. Even Abby said it was just crazy.

[Oztrich Boy]

his journey was a piece of cake compared to what she faced."

So her parents picked out the "easy" solo-circumnavigation of the world for their sixteen year old son....but then went to Google and found the "impossible" solo-navigation of the world route for the daughter....Columbus, Magellen, Cook and a few others are LTAO in their graves....piece of cake indeed.

As far as I'm aware, neither Magellen or Cook took the easy short cut across Panama through the canal

Zac's was the easy "trade wind" route. Abby's was the harder Southern Ocean "clipper ship" route - not for young inexperienced novices.