diana set out to do the most outrageously difficult swim she could imagine. cuba to florida. over 100 miles in vicious currents. 200,000 strokes, 60 hours. she had a shark cage built, headed to cuba, and launched from a beach surrounded by press, despite grave concerns. and i remember, i got down to the shore with my six handlers, and i have a picture of the six of us looking bewildered. we re looking out at a raging sea of white caps. her navigator promised calmer seas just offshore, but instead, diana battled eight-foot swells for almost 42 hours. hopelessly off-course and ravaged by jelly fish bites, her handlers eventually pulled diana from the water. i didn t stop kicking for 42 hours. it was really rough. you can ask anybody. diana s dream was dashed and her heart was broken.
currents, 200,000 strokes, 60 hours. she had a shark cage built, headed to cuba and launched from a beach surrounded by press, despite grave concerns. and i remember i got down to the shore with my six handlers and i have a picture of the six of us looking bewildered. we re looking out at a raging sea of whitecaps. her navigator promised calmer seas just offshore. but instead, diana battled waves for almost eight hours. hopefully off course and ravaged by bites, they pulled her from the water. it was very rough. you can ask anybody. diana s dream was dashed and her heart was broken. i had never had summoned so much willpower. i ve never wanted anything so badly. and i never tried so hard.
she had a shark cage built, headed to cuba and launched from a beach surrounded by press, despite grave concerns. and i remember i got down to the shore with my six handlers and i have a picture of the six of us looking bewildered. we re looking out at a raging sea of whitecaps. her navigator promised calmer seas just offshore. but instead, diana battled waves for almost eight hours. hopefully off course and ravaged by bites, they pulled her from the water. it was very rough. you can ask anybody. diana s dream was dashed and her heart was broken. i had never had summoned so much willpower. i ve never wanted anything so badly. and i never tried so hard. the following year diana set the record for the longest unassisted ocean swim in
set out to do the most outrageously difficult swim she could imagine, cuba to florida, over a hundred miles in vicious currents, 200,000 strokes, 60 hours. she had a shark cage built, headed to cuba and launched from a beach surrounded by press, despite grave concerns. and i remember i got down to the shore with my six handlers and i have a picture of the six of us looking bewildered. we re looking out at a raging sea of whitecaps. her navigator promised calmer seas just offshore. but instead, diana battled waves for almost eight hours. hopefully off course and ravaged by bites, they pulled her from the water. it was very rough. you can ask anybody. diana s dream was dashed and her heart was broken.
marathon swimming. in the 1970s she won races and set records worldwide. i m interested in the most outrageously difficult goals that i can think of. i fail lots of times because it s so difficult, but i get wiser and wiser all the time. strong, brash, confident, a media darling. in august 1978 at age 28, diana set out to do the most outrageously difficult swim she could imagine, cuba to florida, over a hundred miles in vicious currents, 200,000 strokes, 60 hours. she had a shark cage built, headed to cuba and launched from a beach surrounded by press, despite grave concerns. and i remember ibewildered. we re looking out at a raging