[DJ MacWoW]

This was a foolish stunt undertaken at the wrong time of year. I also read that she was knocked out when her mast broke and was unconscious for an unknown period of time.

And there are alternatives to Facebook and cellphone usage that don't include risking death for a reality show and an "I DID IT!" record.

[Little Ray]

Its still better than anything 95% of kids her age are doing. I know of a few who have done as good or better - Mission trips to Haiti, or other hideous places that I wouldn’t have the guts to go to (esp. now that I old, fat, and married...).

But pre-teen kids served on (and died on) sailing ships for centuries before we started wrapping kids in fuzzy, padded cocoons. We should be proud of her, even if this was about “selling shoes.”