Talk about tough! Diana Nyad is attempting her fifth try at swimming from Cuba to Florida. She first tried it in 1978! She is an Olympic long distance swimmer and this has been a dream of hers for 35 years! Anyway, she is almost to Florida....looks like she is going to make it this time. To set a record she has to not touch any of the support boats that are there to help keep her safe. The swim takes 3 days or more!
you can follow her progress realtime on her website.
http://www.diananyad.com/