Well: Swimming With Sharks, at 61

Monday, July 18, 2011 - 16:10 in Biology & Nature

At the age of 61, Diana Nyad is taking on an athletic challenge that she could not complete in her 20s. She plans to swim bout 60 hours in the churning sea, 103 miles across the Straits of Florida from Cuba to Key West.

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