by Amanda Read | June 19th, 2010
While it’s tempting to dismiss Abby Sunderland’s voyage as misguided and pointless, many challenges accepted in society are just as ridiculous…
The solo circumnavigation voyage of 16-year-old Californian homeschooled student Abby Sunderland has come to a halt due to unfortunate weather conditions. What in the world was she doing?
A year ago, 17-year-old Zac Sunderland made headlines for being at that time the youngest person to circumnavigate the world – alone. It was an impressive feat rather becoming to a researcher, die-hard sailor or an adventurer full of wanderlust. But otherwise, why do it?
“Society puts younger people, like 15 through 18, in kind of a box,” Sunderland told the media after he returned from sea. “No one’s really expected to do much. They kind of just tend to go to high school and play football and that’s pretty much it. There’s so much more potential that people can do with the right motivation and the right ambition in life. So my thing would just be to get out there and do hard things. Go for it.”
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