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Donald Crowhurst entered the 1968 Golden Globe Race — a solo, non-stop sailing race around the world — knowing he was unprepared. Instead of completing the race, he faked his position reports while drifting in the Atlantic. The deception consumed him, and he vanished at sea.
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Crowhurst entered the race to maintain his public image as an adventurer and entrepreneur. The false self he had constructed demanded he participate. The true self — a man who knew he was unprepared — was silenced.