100 Mile Cuba to Key West Swim

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Bison

September 02, 2013, 01:10:45 PM
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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Staggerwing

#1
September 02, 2013, 01:27:28 PM
That's got to be at least 90 miles, depending on where she left Cuba. Pretty amazing!
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Bison

#2
September 02, 2013, 01:30:36 PM
The BBC article said 103 miles, but I've read else where it is around 110 mile swim. 

undercovergeek

#3
September 02, 2013, 01:31:57 PM
That's how you get in from Cuba?

mirth

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September 02, 2013, 01:32:16 PM
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GDS_Starfury

#5
September 02, 2013, 05:01:43 PM
Meh.  Back in the 80s everyone was doing it.
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Bison

#6
September 02, 2013, 07:33:43 PM
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.

GDS_Starfury

#7
September 02, 2013, 08:14:59 PM
youve obviously not ever been to Little Havana.  lots of old ladies there who swam over.  ;)
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#8
September 02, 2013, 08:24:11 PM
Mariolitos...
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

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I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
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Bison

#9
September 02, 2013, 08:29:24 PM
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

Staggerwing

#10
September 02, 2013, 08:31:55 PM
Not all of them had boats.  :D
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Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
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Bison

#11
September 02, 2013, 08:32:57 PM
Leg power on the ol' raft is also pretty much swimming too.

GDS_Starfury

#12
September 02, 2013, 08:44:58 PM
ah... my youthful days in Miami.  going to the beach, getting a snow cone, fishing a few Cubans out of the ocean, sunburns...  memories.
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Boggit

#13
September 04, 2013, 08:22:43 PM
Aside from the risk of drowning, I think she's lucky not to have ended up as shark bait. :o
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