Nyad U.S. Swimmer Begins Swimming The Straits Of Florida
Havana (AP) - American swimmer Diana Nyad blown resistance in Cuban waters Sunday night and went to attempt to become the first person to swim the Straits of Florida, all without the help of a shark cage.
Tanned and freckled the formation of long hours in the open sea in the Caribbean, 61 years Nyad expressed confidence before leaving. She says the water is still the air and plans were perfect conditions for trying to make a 103 miles (166 km), bath 60 hours from Havana to the Florida Keys.
Tanned and freckled the formation of long hours in the open sea in the Caribbean, 61 years Nyad expressed confidence before leaving. She says the water is still the air and plans were perfect conditions for trying to make a 103 miles (166 km), bath 60 hours from Havana to the Florida Keys.
"The adrenalin flowing now," said Nyad Quay West to Havana when he saw the water. "... I do not think that a lot of destiny, but you take what you can get, and this is what I dreamed: a silver platter."
It 'became a black bathing suit and a blue cap and assistant greasy shoulders and underarms to prevent chafing and salt water. Nyad play "Reveille" is the trumpet, thanked the dozens of supporters who came to see him, then jumped feet into the sea.
She swam away just before sunset, accompanied by several boats carrying kayaks great support team.
Earlier in the day, Nyad said it was a dream of a lifetime, and he hopes his company, if successful, to inspire people to live with vigor during the golden years.
"I want it to be a moment of thousands, and I dare say millions of people my age who are watching and say 60!" Nyad said at the press conference. "The joke is 60 is the new 40, and it is true. We are a generation younger than 60 who have gone before."
It 'became a black bathing suit and a blue cap and assistant greasy shoulders and underarms to prevent chafing and salt water. Nyad play "Reveille" is the trumpet, thanked the dozens of supporters who came to see him, then jumped feet into the sea.
She swam away just before sunset, accompanied by several boats carrying kayaks great support team.
Earlier in the day, Nyad said it was a dream of a lifetime, and he hopes his company, if successful, to inspire people to live with vigor during the golden years.
"I want it to be a moment of thousands, and I dare say millions of people my age who are watching and say 60!" Nyad said at the press conference. "The joke is 60 is the new 40, and it is true. We are a generation younger than 60 who have gone before."
She called the effort a "symbolic moment" to improve understanding between the U.S. and Cuba, two countries torn by five decades of animosity and distrust.
"I am under no illusion that my race will do further political ramifications," she said. "But it is a human moment between the two countries."
Nyad spent the day eating, hydrating, and meeting with members of his team. Five scheduled boats to sail along with 45 crew members on board support, browsers, nutritionists and doctors for cowboys shark and a film crew that was documenting its history.
"I can not do it alone," she said at a news conference.
"I am under no illusion that my race will do further political ramifications," she said. "But it is a human moment between the two countries."
Nyad spent the day eating, hydrating, and meeting with members of his team. Five scheduled boats to sail along with 45 crew members on board support, browsers, nutritionists and doctors for cowboys shark and a film crew that was documenting its history.
"I can not do it alone," she said at a news conference.
Nyad first had a go at this passage as a return of 28 in 1978 when she swam in a steel cage shark for about 42 hours before the ocean beating out its course to end this experience.
The following year, she set a world record swim in open water without a cage, the mapping of shark, 102.5 miles (165 kilometers) from the Bahamas to Florida before retiring from competitive swimming endurance.
But he said that Cuba's failed attempt stuck with it all these years, and 60 years, she began thinking about a return.
"And if I came back and did everything to chase that dream in Cuba?" he said. "And I started training, and I found it in my heart and my body was. ... It feels almost like a dream for me, but now it is true."
Australian swimmer Susie Maroney swam success in shark-infested waters of Cuba across the Straits and the Keys in 1997, although it used a cage.
Nyad is hoped a special team that surrounds him with an electric current is imperceptible to humans, but strong enough to keep most of the sharks away. Sharks are not deterred by the field, so that divers will continue smoothly to discourage those who get curious - without harming them.
The following year, she set a world record swim in open water without a cage, the mapping of shark, 102.5 miles (165 kilometers) from the Bahamas to Florida before retiring from competitive swimming endurance.
But he said that Cuba's failed attempt stuck with it all these years, and 60 years, she began thinking about a return.
"And if I came back and did everything to chase that dream in Cuba?" he said. "And I started training, and I found it in my heart and my body was. ... It feels almost like a dream for me, but now it is true."
Australian swimmer Susie Maroney swam success in shark-infested waters of Cuba across the Straits and the Keys in 1997, although it used a cage.
Nyad is hoped a special team that surrounds him with an electric current is imperceptible to humans, but strong enough to keep most of the sharks away. Sharks are not deterred by the field, so that divers will continue smoothly to discourage those who get curious - without harming them.
For registration to be considered valid, Nyad have to swim without wetsuits. His crew navigate, monitor their health and provide food. However, it is not allowed to touch the boat or his assistants to keep until you leave the lower mainland. It could even be a challenge in the thicket of mangroves in Florida, exhausted and legs of the earth after 2 ½ days of swimming.
Nyad ongoing plans to swim northwest to get to a point in the Keys is a little further north, the compensation currents.
Nyad ongoing plans to swim northwest to get to a point in the Keys is a little further north, the compensation currents.
His intention is to stop for breaks every 45 minutes 20 seconds of hydration - water, juices, sports drinks. Every 90 minutes, sit for 2 minutes and the bread appetizer or a spoonful of peanut butter.
For two days, you should start drinking water, hot cocoa and warm hypothermia at bay, which becomes a threat, when so many hours at sea, the temperature of water is estimated at 86-88 degrees Fahrenheit (30 -31 degrees).
She described swimming as long marathon of "sensory deprivation", unable to see or hear as much by its fogged up goggles and swim cap. His thoughts wander to the summaries of the same nature as the universe, the infinite space and time. At other times, songs of conduct had in his mind - including "Guantanamera," the only language she knows Spanish air.
For two days, you should start drinking water, hot cocoa and warm hypothermia at bay, which becomes a threat, when so many hours at sea, the temperature of water is estimated at 86-88 degrees Fahrenheit (30 -31 degrees).
She described swimming as long marathon of "sensory deprivation", unable to see or hear as much by its fogged up goggles and swim cap. His thoughts wander to the summaries of the same nature as the universe, the infinite space and time. At other times, songs of conduct had in his mind - including "Guantanamera," the only language she knows Spanish air.
"I decided, OK, I'll sing" Guantanamera "2,000 times and I would take exactly three hours and fifty minutes," he said. "I try to make songs that fit my style. ... It just helps pass the time."
Nyad said his non-retirement is a thing once, and after that it will hang up his glasses.
"I did not want to go back to being a marathon swimmer again. This is the only one," he said. "I returned to Cuba."
Nyad said his non-retirement is a thing once, and after that it will hang up his glasses.
"I did not want to go back to being a marathon swimmer again. This is the only one," he said. "I returned to Cuba."
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