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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
I did 2 tours in Iraq with the USMC, I was in for-real combat a few times. I'd bet a 1 year hitch with the Marines is statistically much safer that a soloo circumnavigation, although I'd love to see the statistics on mortality rates among teenagers who try it (I'm an actuary, I always need statistics).
Good debate.
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Regardless of the number of people who go around the world solo non-stop being a pretty small and exclusive group, you'd be right. Most are still alive and well and going around the marble still.
I honestly cannot recall a single person under the age of 20 that has died making a RTW attempt.
But how many kids die per year getting drunk and driving a car?
By the way Duke, we purposely drive the big 70+ foot race boats, ORMA 60 trimarans, IMOCA 60's to the top of big low pressure systems to find lots of wind and cover more ground than even the Enterprise can in 24 hours.