7.19.2011

Diana Nyad's bucket list

Geronimo did it again. NY Times editors' choice Tues July 19, 2011


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California
July 18th, 2011
9:25 pm
Went back and read some comments, in "readers' recommendation" order. The negativity put me in mind of Tom Wolfe's observation about physical courage--that in the Korean War, the New York metro area produced three Medal of Honor winners, while Appalachia produced 78. Oh, and one of the three from New York had just moved there from the Appalachian region of West Virginia.


Give her a break. Nyad's a New Yorker by birth. She's not exactly attracting a bunch of copycats who'll be clogging up the ocean lanes, and she isn't using public money. What's on your bucket list?