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09/02/2013 02:42:24 PM · #1 |
| Diana Nyad just completed her fifth attempt to swim from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage. At age 64 she is the first person to do it. That's one for the old timers. Way to go Diana!! |
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09/02/2013 03:01:30 PM · #2 |
| Wow. I thought for sure after the last attempt that would be it. She is one tenacious lady! |
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09/02/2013 03:04:00 PM · #3 |
I've been watching this for years, sorta shaking my head at it.
Really didn't figure she'd make it, so I'm pretty impressed. I'm still not at all convinced that it's going to help US-Cuba relations, but I do admire her tenacity. |
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09/02/2013 04:18:55 PM · #4 |
| I am so glad she made it. Just goes to show there IS still lots left to accomplish - no matter what. |
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09/02/2013 05:06:10 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by ancientimages:
I am so glad she made it. Just goes to show there IS still lots left to accomplish - no matter what. |
More people have walked on the moon than have walked to the North pole.
(I've never been able to verify if that statement is true, but it sounds plausible.) |
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09/02/2013 05:41:35 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by schlake:
[quote=ancientimages]
More people have walked on the moon than have walked to the North pole.
(I've never been able to verify if that statement is true, but it sounds plausible.) |
I do believe that a total of 12 astronauts have walked on the moon...you might want to compare that with the numbers shown Here
Ray
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09/02/2013 05:49:00 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by schlake:
[quote=ancientimages]
More people have walked on the moon than have walked to the North pole.
(I've never been able to verify if that statement is true, but it sounds plausible.) |
I do believe that a total of 12 astronauts have walked on the moon...you might want to compare that with the numbers shown Here
Ray |
he said walk to the the north pole not walk around at the north pole having flown/sleded in etc |
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09/02/2013 06:37:00 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Giles:
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by schlake:
[quote=ancientimages]
More people have walked on the moon than have walked to the North pole.
(I've never been able to verify if that statement is true, but it sounds plausible.) |
I do believe that a total of 12 astronauts have walked on the moon...you might want to compare that with the numbers shown Here
Ray |
he said walk to the the north pole not walk around at the north pole having flown/sleded in etc |
...if you are suggesting that we have to exclude those who used planes, skidoos, ships, dog sleds and other means of conveyance, then there is not much use in conducting any further search in this regard,
However, if we do discount the methods used to get to either venue, can we honestly make a comparison between the two.
Just asking.
Ray
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09/02/2013 06:50:27 PM · #9 |
That can't POSSIBLY be what he meant, can it? Has anyone, EVER, "walked to" the North Pole in that sense? Just picked up a pack full of granola bars and started hiking from... heck, I donno... Manitoba? Whatever :-)
Hiya Ray! |
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09/02/2013 07:01:51 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by illini75:
Diana Nyad just completed her fifth attempt to swim from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage. At age 64 she is the first person to do it. That's one for the old timers. Way to go Diana!! |
Old Folks Rule!!!
I am her age, swim every week, but will not tarnish her record. How many of us could walk/run 100 miles let alone swim that distance and an AVERAGE of about 2 miles an hour. On my best day I can swim a mile at that pace ... but 100 of them? Crazy good swimmer!
Way to go Diana Nyad!!! |
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09/02/2013 09:24:25 PM · #11 |
Maybe it's just typographical destiny ...
nai·ad
1. (sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
2. the juvenile form of the dragonfly, damselfly, or mayfly.
3. a female swimmer, especially an expert one. |
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09/02/2013 09:50:58 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by ancientimages:
I am so glad she made it. Just goes to show there IS still lots left to accomplish - no matter what. |
For what purpose? Just because it can be done? Or should we look at walking on the moon in a different light, and perhaps we should, than swimming from Cuba to the USA? Yes, much to be done, even more with a purpose to benefit mankind. Not for self. Time "I-My-Me-Mine" take a backstand, perhaps.
Great for HER, great for her TEAMS. |
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09/02/2013 10:10:56 PM · #13 |
What of inspiration, lesser deads have inspired greater accomplishments in others..
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09/02/2013 10:46:38 PM · #14 |
I think it's not so much for a single purpose or for herself (although I can certainly see where it might be perceived as such). I don't think the route she took was as important as the final accomplishment of swimming a route that hasn't been accomplished before and at an age when most would not even remotely consider her able to do so.
If she only demonstrates that "older" folks still can accomplish what hasn't been accomplished before, then I think that is in itself a tremendous accomplishment. I have heard way too often "don't listen to (whomever) they're just 'old school' " meaning, of course, they are too old to know what's going on. Or worse, "why are those old people taking up our resources?" with no regard for the experience, or talent, or abilities of those who are older than 30, 40, 50, or 60 or whatever the speaker thought of as old age... Age is just a number.... People can benefit mankind (and womankind) at any age. That is what I take from this woman's accomplishment. That, and the fact that she never, ever gave up. Her attempts to reach this goal failed more than once. Yet, she kept on trying, and kept on until she reached her goal. She could have easily quit after the last failure. She could have said "oh, I got stung by too many jellyfish, and I'm too old to be in so much pain". "Ain't nobody got time for that."
No one would have blamed her.
Instead, she got her team together and made them believe in her and then she, with the help of her team, accomplished her goal... I hope tons of people who have previously felt left out, left behind, discounted, etc. hear of her accomplishment and get some feeling of still being able to be of use to this world. I hope they all think, "if she can do this at age 64, then I can do (fill in the blank - whatever) at my age with my limitations." |
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09/02/2013 11:01:57 PM · #15 |
Patsy - what a superb statement. As one of those so-called "old timers" I can only say you have summed up this achievement perfectly.
Message edited by author 2013-09-02 23:02:52. |
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09/02/2013 11:03:39 PM · #16 |
Amen to that. That is exactly what I think. The fact that she is 64 makes one believe that anything is possible even if it is just something really simple, a goal that you set years ago but never accomplished. The human spirit is incredible and I think she has shown exactly what we can accomplish no matter your age. |
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09/03/2013 12:00:54 AM · #17 |
Listen to them Doc. I feel like you're not seeing the big picture. There is value to be realized from every case of individual striving, and collectively this defines the limitations, or lack of same, of our species. Ad astra per Aspera, ya know?
In fact, you know this better than almost any of us :-) Does not your continued survival against impossibly long odds give back to us, who love you, something profound? How much poorer would we be, collectively, had you given up?
Because I can remember when you wanted to...
Peace, brother.
Message edited by author 2013-09-03 00:22:11. |
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09/03/2013 12:31:19 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Listen to them Doc. I feel like you're not seeing the big picture. There is value to be realized from every case of individual striving, and collectively this defines the limitations, or lack of same, of our species. Ad astra per Aspera, ya know?
In fact, you know this better than almost any of us :-) Does not your continued survival against impossibly long odds give back to us, who love you, something profound? How much poorer would we be, collectively, had you given up?
Because I can remember when you wanted to...
Peace, brother. |
And it's posts like this that make me really love DPC. All so very true. |
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09/03/2013 02:00:30 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Listen to them Doc. I feel like you're not seeing the big picture. There is value to be realized from every case of individual striving, and collectively this defines the limitations, or lack of same, of our species. Ad astra per Aspera, ya know?
In fact, you know this better than almost any of us :-) Does not your continued survival against impossibly long odds give back to us, who love you, something profound? How much poorer would we be, collectively, had you given up?
Because I can remember when you wanted to...
Peace, brother. |
Agree, Brother Bear, I see pars pro toto, yet the comparison between one like me and the achievements of an individual who did what no one did before is unfair to that person.
My contribution is but sharing hope, I am sharing my end game with people I love and respect. It is private. Her achievement is public and the achievement is hers and her teams. Does it have to be mentioned alongside achievements like walking on the moon? Never. The one propelled mankind, the other highlighted an individual who simply did what no one else did before BUT could have been done by many over the ages if they so wished and can/will be done again. There was only ONE Neil Armstrong, true?
Me, not a swimmer nor a moon walker, I embrace simplicity and wished to be remembered constantia et virtute. |
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09/03/2013 10:45:16 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by docpjv:
Me, not a swimmer nor a moon walker, I embrace simplicity and wished to be remembered constantia et virtute. |
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Tennyson, "Ulysses" |
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