US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has succeeded in becoming the first person to swim from Cuba without a shark cage.
After more than 50 hours' non-stop swimming, the 64-year-old reached Key West, Florida, escorted by boats and her team of 35 people.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23915203
This is a pretty awesome feat especially given that the swimmer is 64 years old.
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http://www.diananyad.com/
That's got to be at least 90 miles, depending on where she left Cuba. Pretty amazing!
The BBC article said 103 miles, but I've read else where it is around 110 mile swim.
That's how you get in from Cuba?
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Meh. Back in the 80s everyone was doing it.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 02, 2013, 05:01:43 PM
Meh. Back in the 80s everyone was doing it.
The article is about an old woman swimming not doing cocaine. Keep up GILF Hunter.
youve obviously not ever been to Little Havana. lots of old ladies there who swam over. ;)
Mariolitos...
Quote from: Staggerwing on September 02, 2013, 08:24:11 PM
Mariolitos...
They might have been bailing out water at a rate that felt like swimming, I guess. :D
Not all of them had boats. :D
Leg power on the ol' raft is also pretty much swimming too.
ah... my youthful days in Miami. going to the beach, getting a snow cone, fishing a few Cubans out of the ocean, sunburns... memories.
Aside from the risk of drowning, I think she's lucky not to have ended up as shark bait. :o