American swimmer Diana Nyad is now more than 63 miles into her 103 mile swim from Cuba to Key West, across the Florida Straits. This is the fifth attempt for the 64-year-old swimmer, and the furtherest north she has progressed.
GO DIANA!!
Track her progress here:http://www.diananyad.com
Or watch her fabulous TedX talk in Berlin about "crossing borders" here:
Crossing borders
Crossing borders
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Keeping me fingers crossed for a jellyfish free crossing for her.
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She is 10 miles from Key West!
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Good on her!
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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I hope she goes so furthererest she makes it all the way!
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http://www.diananyad.com/blog/navigator-48-hours
Latest report from the navigator: she will swim 110 miles total and make landfall between 2PM and 4PM eastern in Key West. Amazing!
I believe CNN is planning on live coverage, too, can't wait to see it!!
Latest report from the navigator: she will swim 110 miles total and make landfall between 2PM and 4PM eastern in Key West. Amazing!
I believe CNN is planning on live coverage, too, can't wait to see it!!
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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About 2K to go!
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Was she tested for steroids?
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She made it! What an incredible demonstration of perservence and strength!!
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Agreed, well done her!!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Quite an achievement.
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