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In Celebration of Diana Nyad!! “Whatever your ‘Other Shore’ is … Get there!”

Posted: September 2, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: just because | Tags: , , |14 Comments

22-diananyad-blog480This is a woman with an iron will.

 Looking dazed and sunburned, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked on to the shore Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.

The 64-year-old Nyad swam up to the beach just before 2 p.m. EDT, about 53 hours after she began her journey in Havana on Saturday. As she approached, spectators waded into waist-high water and surrounded her, taking pictures and cheering her on.

“I have three messages. One is, we should never, ever give up. Two is, you’re never too old to chase your dream. Three is, it looks like a solitary sport, but it is a team,” she said on the beach.

“I have to say, I’m a little bit out of it right now,” Nyad said. She gestured toward her swollen lips, and simply said “seawater.”

Her team said she had been slurring her words while she was out in the water. She was on a stretcher on the beach and received an IV before she was taken by ambulance to a hospital.

“I just wanted to get out of the sun,” she said.

It was Nyad’s fifth try to complete the approximately 110-mile swim. She tried three times in 2011 and 2012. Her first attempt was in 1978.

Pictures and descriptions of the event are amazing. She has a webpage that documents her swim.

 

 

14 Comments on “In Celebration of Diana Nyad!! “Whatever your ‘Other Shore’ is … Get there!””

  1. dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
    September 2, 2013 at 3:26 pm

    Thousands of fans gather to welcome Diana to #TheOtherShore after realizing her #XtremeDream at

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    Share this with everyone and anyone who may not be following this historic moment.

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  2. minkoffminx's avatar JJ Lopez Minkoff says:
    September 2, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    I just wanted to drop in say Hi…missing you all….post a picture of our little puppy Luther and see you on Wed!

  3. RalphB's avatar RalphB says:
    September 2, 2013 at 4:25 pm

    One hell of an accomplishment! Three cheers for Ms Nyad!

  4. dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
    September 2, 2013 at 4:33 pm

    Hillary Clinton ‏@HillaryClinton 54s
    Flying to 112 countries is a lot until you consider swimming between 2. Feels like I swim with sharks – but you actually did it! Congrats!

  5. janicen's avatar janicen says:
    September 2, 2013 at 5:58 pm

    Awesome. Just awesome.

  6. dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
    September 2, 2013 at 7:09 pm

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