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Lots of people were asking me the same question—How did a 22-year-old woman row（划）a 19-foot boatfor 70 days? Well, when I was on the sea alone, the biggest difficulty was the feeling of being lonely. I started on January 3,2010. More than half the people who tried sailing alone often gave up in the first two weeks, so I decided to finish one-fourth of the sailing first, which took about 20 days. Day20th, January 22 came! I said to myself that I should be happy. But I was feeling so bad. It seemed to be the hardest day for me. I didn't see land forover two weeks. Every day I did the same—rowing, eating, sleeping, watching thesky and the ocean...Suddenly I saw something breaking through the water near my boat. They were dolphins. They circled my boat and were close enough for me to touch. So I did! Suddenly I felt so moved, they came to say “Hello”, just when I needed it most. I was no longer lonely, believing that I would succeed. And I made it! All 2,817 miles I got to the coast on March 14, after 70 days and five hours atsea. So the secret of my success is the moment with those dolphins.
