After 235 days at sea, Kristen Neuschafer arrived in the French port of Les Sables-d’Olonne taking first place in the around-the-world Golden Globe Race. Neuschafer has always had a penchant for adventure and left home as a teen to explore the world from the Arctic to Africa by bicycle. Deciding to sail around the world solo was just her latest adventure.

Read more in this exceptional profile from the Washington Post.