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Abby Sunderland's view:

Aboard a rescue ship, the 16-year-old updated her blog, reassuring friends she was doing okay and hitting back at those who say the trip was too dangerous an undertaking for someone so young.

"There are plenty of things people can think of to blame for my situation; my age, the time of year and many more," she wrote on soloround.blogspot.com. "The truth is, I was in a storm and you don't sail through the Indian Ocean without getting in at least one storm. It wasn't the time of year, it was just a Southern Ocean storm. Storms are part of the deal when you set out to sail around the world.

"As for age, since when does age create gigantic waves and storms?"

Sunderland also criticized the media, saying "everybody is eager to pounce on my story now that something bad has happened."