"Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, swims from Cuba to Florida without a shark

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    Incredible feat of endurance . How far is it actually from Cuba to the Florida coast ?
     
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    110 miles in 53 hrs !!!!!:yay::yay::yahoo::yahoo:
     
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    If she's the first person to do it without a shark cage, does that imply that the absence of a shark cage is at least as significant as swimming 110 miles, maintaining an average of more than 2mph? :wow:

    Does that further suggest that if we go on our hols to either Florida or Cuba, we can't swim in the sea lest we get munched? :help:
     
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      :wow: - I think myself lucky that I can get from one end of the bath to the other! 110 miles is incredible.
       
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        A pile of people swam across the Bering Strait last month. Eeeek! 110 kilometres due to the current. Even in summer, it must be freezing.
         
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