Try surviving six hours in 41-degree water, swimming three miles through pitch darkness toward a distant lighthouse to shore, then hiking barefoot an additional mile across jagged, icy terrain before finally finding help. Southern California’s Diana Nyad, who at 64 became the first person to complete a swim from Cuba to Key West, makes an appearance too. Author Bonnie Tsui after swimming in San Francisco Bay without a wetsuit. (From Bonnie Tsui )Advertisement“The wetsuit thing was definitely a mental hurdle that was big, but then I saw 80-year-old Mimi, and she’s not even batting an eyelash. She just strides right into the water,” Tsui says, referring to another member of San Francisco’s bayside Dolphin Club.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 15, 2020 13:02 UTC