Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This was an actual discussion that Luke Tipple and Steven Munatones had with the crew aboard the Voyager during Diana Nyad's attempted swim from Cuba to Florida. Situation: Dire and foreboding as a squall was heading closer to Nyad and her crew Time: Late at night Position: 40 miles from Havana, 60 miles
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Angel Yanagihara, a biochemist and researcher at the University of Hawaii’s Department of Tropical Medicine has prepared for the worse. If Diana Nyad gets stung by box jellyfish or Portuguese man o war during her 103-mile swim from Cuba to Florida, Dr. Yanagihara will be able to identify the stinging
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ishin denshin (以心伝心), the Japanese concept of mutual understanding and communication, is playing itself out during Diana Nyad’s 103-mile attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida. Her business partner at Brava Body and her chief handler Bonnie Stoll have forged an ideal relationship between themselves. Stoll,
Diana Nyad continues to swim under the majesty of the sky, even if she is facing difficulties at sea level. Fortunately, the number of box jellyfish dramatically fell on the second night of her swim between Cuba and Florida. While the skies above her showered her with streaks of lightening bolts and howls of thunder, she entered the Gulf Stream which
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diana Nyad had three individuals from Miami (Dr. E. Willis Weyers, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Fellow in Anesthesiology and Critical Care), Mike Letter, P.A. University of Miami Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, and Dr. Gabriel Sarah, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Senior
Diana Nyad Gets Stung And Stung Again Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diana Nyad is 20 hours into her swim. Despite four major jellyfish stings, she still manages to stay strong keep in tune to her rhythm with her mental playlist of 65 songs, 5 hours and 15 minutes. Sting 1: A Flower Hat Jellyfish stung Diana at 8:40 pm. She was treated
Diana Nyad is planning her fourth attempt of the 103 miles between Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida today. The start time was moved up 16 hours due to the tranquil conditions that are forecasted over the next 72 hours. Nyad hopes to complete the estimated 60+ hour journey in the Florida Straits by Tuesday, her 63rd birthday. Her press conference right
When open water swimmers challenge themselves to swim from one island to another, or to swim across a channel or to traverse from point A to point B, they are exposing themselves to nature in ways that runners, cyclists, mountaineers or adventure racers can barely imagine. And sometimes, it hurts. Hurts badly. The swimmer wears no protective armor; their
Streaming Along Marathon Swims Courtesy of WOWSA, Straits of Florida, Caribbean Sea. One of the innovations that Diana Nyad used during her long (24+ hour swims) was the swimmer's streamer. It is a piece of cloth (for the daytime hours) or illuminated material (for the nighttime hours) that runs parallel alongside the boat. The navigational aid is
