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Diana Nyad shares the epic playlist that kept her motivated on her swim from Cuba to Florida

on Dec 23, 2013

Diana Nyad swam 110 miles from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, a journey that took her just under 53 hours last September. In today’s talk, Nyad gives a vivid account of what it was like to be out in the water, making her fifth attempt at this swim — one she first tried […]

A dream shared at TEDMED: Diana Nyad swims from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage

By Kate Torgovnick May

on Sep 3, 2013

Extreme swimmer Diana Nyad has completed her longest swim yet … at the age of 64. Over the weekend, Nyad attempted the swim from Havana, Cuba, to the coast of Florida for the fifth time, and this time finished the ambitious 110-mile swim. The swim took Nyad a total of 53 hours — and made […]