Vicki Anstey

But when you're in a 24-foot boat in the middle of an ocean, you cannot allow conflict.

And, you know, so that's a really long time to feel that you have lost your sense of self and your voice.

And so, yeah, when we set foot on land, we sort of had an evening celebration, which was a little bit awkward and strained.

I think there were some genuine moments of, you know...

shared achievement um and we got a world record which is incredible yeah um and an amazing thing to do and we raised lots of money for our charities and um it was all things said and done an unbelievable experience and i've learned so much from it and it clearly hasn't put you off a lot of people might think well god i never want to go out near anything like that again

Yeah, well, I think I sort of by this point, having taken such a bizarre turn in my life, you know, and there aren't.

Well, certainly when I was growing up, there weren't many role models that I didn't know where this was going, to be completely honest.

And I think every time I've taken a challenge on, I've sort of my next decision has just been about.

maybe how do I put that right?

But maybe what else is there left to learn about myself or about other people or about, you know, a skill that I can acquire or an environment that I can exist in or thrive in.

Um, and I definitely came out of, you know, so I came off the row and I closed my business.

So I really had a blank sheet of paper and I sort of started doing speaking work and I TEDx, which was just phenomenal.

But, um, and, uh, you know, but, um,

Yeah, I think once you start on that adventure train, it's really hard to get off.

And so quite soon I was thinking, well, what's next?

You know, what should I do next?

And I I'd lost my faith in teamwork.

And I think I just went down for a while, a couple of years.

I went down a path of, OK, I'm going to do solo endeavors and I'm going to find out who I am when I

Don't have anyone else when I can't rely on anyone else.