Half-way through what was scheduled to be a 60 hour swim, 61-year-old Diana Nyad had to abandon what she called her "Xtreme Dream" — a 103 mile swim from Cuba to Florida.
"It's over. She lasted 29 hours in an heroic attempt," said Elaine Lafferty, one of Nyad's crew members, .
On the same Twitter account, her team said that earlier in the evening Nyad was in the water, "surrounded by dolphins and a beautiful Caribbean sunset." But, they explained, a strong wind "blew her 15mph off course."
, this was Nyad's second attempt at completing the swim. The first came in 1978 when Nyad was 28. This time around the world-class endurance swimmer billed the attempt as a celebration of her life's prime.
But at 12:45 a.m. this morning Nyad was pulled onto the boat and the 29 hours had taken a toll. Nyad was vomiting.
"I am not sad. It was absolutely the right call," she told CNN.
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