Crossing to Safety

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During her thousands of hours of training and her marathon open-water crossings, the American swimmer Diana Nyad sang songs in her head. She did this to help pace her strokes, monitor distance, and pass the time while “trapped in the solitary confinement of that protracted monotony.” By Nyad’s count, 210 repetitions of “Ticket to Ride” […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/08/15/crossing-to-safety-find-a-way-diana-nyad/

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