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swimmer, Diana Nyad, (4th attempt) cuba - florida

chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
edited September 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
103 miles/166 kilometers. they say it's roughly a 60 hour swim. i hope she does it this time. she is awesome. she started out saturday the 18th. she is in jellyfish & shark filled waters and so far has been stung four times or more by Flower hat jellies & the deadly Box jellies. for the sharks they use a device that creates an electrical field that is supposed to keep sharks at bay.

Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports ... z2419iWXgW
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/n ... orida.html
http://youtu.be/eFh9Wq_FAjI
http://youtu.be/ydLJDEwUikQ
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports ... -swim-try/
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    edited August 2012
    http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports ... uba-to-us/

    been at it over 40 hours. been blown off course due to storm. currently on course and swimming strong. this woman is one tough customer. most people can't even swim 1 single hour worth of laps at the pool. i love this gal somethin fierce.

    http://www.diananyad.com/

    60 hrs? i think she's gonna be swimming a lot longer than 60 hrs. seems that storm really jammed her up somewhat.
    Post edited by chadwick on
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,192
    That is awsome i hope she makes it all the way , i swamm yesterday as i do everyday for about a good 45mmnts love the water , i hope to die in it someday ...
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  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    She is badass. I hope she does it! Wow. Totally Fucking Wow.
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    josevolution wrote:
    That is awsome i hope she makes it all the way , i swamm yesterday as i do everyday for about a good 45mmnts love the water , i hope to die in it someday ...
    me too, jose. me too
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    She is badass. I hope she does it! Wow. Totally Fucking Wow.
    she is unreal. it isn't like she can't swim 103 miles/166 kilometers without stopping. in the 70's she swam from the bahamas to jupiter, florida which is a world record 102.5 miles; the world's longest ocean swim
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,192
    The longest i've swamm is about 2miles across a water way here on long island we had a row boat with us it was great to do , i would love to swimm across to Connecticut maybe next yr ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    Oh please I am looking out the window at South Beach and you can clearly see Cuba... Wait sorry that's a guy windsurfing...
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Oh please I am looking out the window at South Beach and you can clearly see Cuba... Wait sorry that's a guy windsurfing...
    haha :lol: it's cuba... wait.

    it's a guy windsurfing
    nevermind
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Posts: 10,217
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Oh please I am looking out the window at South Beach and you can clearly see Cuba... Wait sorry that's a guy windsurfing...

    :lol: ..yeah, Cuba doesnt move, I would guess. :)
    chadwick wrote:
    she is unreal. it isn't like she can't swim 103 miles/166 kilometers without stopping. in the 70's she swam from the bahamas to jupiter, florida which is a world record 102.5 miles; the world's longest ocean swim

    That is awesome! I have dreams of kayaking from West Palm Beach to the Bahamas. I never thought it was reasonable to try, but this lady makes a good case!
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    josevolution wrote:
    The longest i've swamm is about 2miles across a water way here on long island we had a row boat with us it was great to do , i would love to swimm across to Connecticut maybe next yr ...
    same here. i do 1 or 1.5 or 2 mile swims everyday but sunday's & some saturday's . (pools closed on sunday during summer months) last time i swam 3 miles i felt sick. a 2 mile swim gives me that runner's high thing. it kinda sucks. so i figured something out. swim two different times a day. morning swim & evening swim. taadaaa 3 miles and im not dizzy. vertigo feeling stuff kicks my ass with all that head movement coming up for air back and forth motion. :sick:

    i always wanted to swim english channel. water there is cold as shit. they recommend swimming in 50 degree water and doing that for 24 hrs at a time :|
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,192
    chadwick wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    The longest i've swamm is about 2miles across a water way here on long island we had a row boat with us it was great to do , i would love to swimm across to Connecticut maybe next yr ...
    same here. i do 1 or 1.5 or 2 mile swims everyday but sunday's & some saturday's . (pools closed on sunday during summer months) last time i swam 3 miles i felt sick. a 2 mile swim gives me that runner's high thing. it kinda sucks. so i figured something out. swim two different times a day. morning swim & evening swim. taadaaa 3 miles and im not dizzy. vertigo feeling stuff kicks my ass with all that head movement coming up for air back and forth motion. :sick:

    i always wanted to swim english channel. water there is cold as shit. they recommend swimming in 50 degree water and doing that for 24 hrs at a time :|

    Really 50degrees i will do that this fall when the water cools down a bit and see how that feels , i've swamm in water that was colder than 50 down in Chile but i only lasted about 15mnts without a wet suit there were Penguins in the water with me :lol: ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    josevolution wrote:
    Really 50degrees i will do that this fall when the water cools down a bit and see how that feels , i've swamm in water that was colder than 50 down in Chile but i only lasted about 15mnts without a wet suit there were Penguins in the water with me :lol: ...
    you tough, jose
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    cuba to florida

    http://articles.cnn.com/1997-05-12/worl ... s=PM:WORLD



    mexico to cuba

    http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9 ... index.html



    good luck diana. :thumbup:
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    http://www.diananyad.com/blog/Extreme-Dream
    she didn't make it. but this woman is incredible. she was stung by box jellyfish nine times. in darkness shark experts worked hard at keeping the circling sharks away. two storms made this swim impossible. she made it further than ever before. i bet she is frickin irritated. hats off to Diana
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    chadwick wrote:
    http://www.diananyad.com/blog/Extreme-Dream
    she didn't make it. but this woman is incredible. she was stung by box jellyfish nine times. in darkness shark experts worked hard at keeping the circling sharks away. two storms made this swim impossible. she made it further than ever before. i bet she is frickin irritated. hats off to Diana
    I bet the sharks are more irritated.
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    edited August 2012
    catefrances wrote:
    cuba to florida

    http://articles.cnn.com/1997-05-12/worl ... s=PM:WORLD



    mexico to cuba

    http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9 ... index.html



    good luck diana. :thumbup:
    weird how news and people report it. Susie Maroney from Australia swam cuba to florida yet Diana Nyad's people and whomever else in the media report it's never been swam before. then the reports that Diana has swam in the sea further than anyone which is also a tall tale. i believe these false story tellers work for fox news. godfather, what do you have to say about this controversy?
    Post edited by chadwick on
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    edited September 2013
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    Post edited by chadwick on
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • chimechime Posts: 7,838
    Some swimmers you may like Mr Chadwick.

    In reference to your crazy cold swimming meet the Polar Bear

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gordon_Pugh

    ... and we have a comedian who has done a couple of swims for charity (see the charity section of his wiki)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Walliams
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    chime wrote:
    Some swimmers you may like Mr Chadwick.

    In reference to your crazy cold swimming meet the Polar Bear

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gordon_Pugh

    ... and we have a comedian who has done a couple of swims for charity (see the charity section of his wiki)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Walliams
    chime, you're fantastic. thank you very much. i love that Pugh guy. i saw on youtube where he swam that melting glacier body of water on mt. everest. the dude is amazing.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    http://www.thejournal.ie/us-woman-attem ... 3-Aug2012/


    she is trying to be the first to do it without a shark cage...
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    lukin2006 wrote:
    http://www.thejournal.ie/us-woman-attempts-cuba-to-florida-swim-without-shark-cage-564553-Aug2012/


    she is trying to be the first to do it without a shark cage...
    thank you. unaided. that's the thing i think some news reporters fail to report and or myself getting confused & lost whilst reading/comprehending all these reports.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    thats awesome
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  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    chadwick wrote:
    lukin2006 wrote:
    http://www.thejournal.ie/us-woman-attempts-cuba-to-florida-swim-without-shark-cage-564553-Aug2012/


    she is trying to be the first to do it without a shark cage...
    thank you. unaided. that's the thing i think some news reporters fail to report and or myself getting confused & lost whilst reading/comprehending all these reports.

    I agree...they leave certain pertinent info out of news stories...that's courageous without a shark cage...Kudos to her at 63 for attempting this and kudos to anyone who attempts this feat cage or no cage.

    Closer to home...Lake Ontario swimmer, 14, raises $115K to send kids with cancer to camp :clap::clap::clap:

    http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/20 ... r-to-camp/
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    when did she leave out this time? she's swimming cuba - florida & looks like she's been at it a couple days


    8/31
    3:59pm into the water at cuba

    (this is her 5th attempt)
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    lukin2006 wrote:
    Closer to home...Lake Ontario swimmer, 14, raises $115K to send kids with cancer to camp :clap::clap::clap:

    http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/20 ... r-to-camp/
    :clap:
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,408
    To try this many times, she's got an incredible amount of determination!
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/02/world/ame ... rida-swim/
    she's just a few miles from finishing
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    she made it...

    nicely done
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,710
    Badass
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Badass
    very
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • RiverrunnerRiverrunner Posts: 2,419
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Badass

    Yes. Yes it is.
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