On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:03:32 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
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wrote:

Ah, so you think "singlehanded circumnavigators" should get a pass,
but any other stunters shouldn't. Got it.

I don't get where the "stunter" thing comes from. She is a very capable
sailor with the proper equipment. She set out upon a quest for a record
that is very germain to her area of interest. If she were 21, or 41, or 54,
would it have still been a stunt? If she were enlisted in the US Navy,
would it have still been a stunt? Her attempt was very much an attempt that
others who sail would try. Just don't understand the use of the word stunt.

Come on, she was out there with the express intent to be the *youngest* to do
something dangerous. It was a particularly dangerous time of the year to be
doing this. She couldn't wait because by the time it was safER, she would no
longer qualify for being the *youngest*. You bet it's a stunt.

Yes, and climbing Mt. Everest is still a stunt, even out of diapers. Climbers,
also, should be required to buy insurance to pay for emergency services on the
mountain.