{"id":454,"date":"2019-01-07T18:42:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T18:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/2019\/01\/07\/dianas-disappearing-ink\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T23:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T23:05:40","slug":"dianas-disappearing-ink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/dianas-disappearing-ink\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana\u2019s Disappearing Ink"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Don\u2019t Rock the Boat<\/h5>\n<p>Diana and\/or her handlers must have calculated that their boat already rode so low in the water that any movement might swamp it. So Diana either does not engage with skeptics; or, when she momentarily forgets herself and <em>does\u00a0<\/em>engage, she quickly erases the evidence, pretends nothing happened, and hopes that the boat stops rocking.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For instance, in the days after her crossing, she responded to some doubters on Facebook. Her response quickly disappeared, though its memory lives on in <a href=\"http:\/\/marathonswimmers.org\/forum\/discussion\/comment\/8018\/#Comment_8018\">\u201c110 Miles\u2026.\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ron et al\u2026Please allow me to join all of you and respond with each and every question and concern you have\u2026. I of course intend to be 100% open to any of your and others\u2019 valid probing into the accuracies of our historic crossing.<a href=\"#notes\"><sup id=\"return1\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s another deleted Facebook comment, also memorialized in <a href=\"http:\/\/marathonswimmers.org\/forum\/discussion\/comment\/7966\/#Comment_7966\">\u201c110\u2026\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hello, folks\u2026I\u2019m befuddled\u2026.breaking what rules? Getting help to get through a current? Have no earthly idea what you\u2019re talking about.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And who can forget Nyad\u2019s petulant, dissembling\u00a0Manhattan mea\u00a0semi-culpa (which you can still find in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110615012544\/http:\/\/diananyad.com\/history-rewritten%E2%80%A6-to-my-great-surprise\/\">Wayback Machine<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026imagine my mind-boggling surprise\u2026to hear that there were in fact one or maybe two or maybe even as many as half a dozen women who did swim around Manhattan back in the early days!!!!!\u00a0<a href=\"#notes\"><sup id=\"return2\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4817\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 219px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4817\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.science-rumors.com\/top-10-yeti-sightings-with-pictures-proved-yeti-is-real\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4817\" src=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/yeti.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 85vw, 219px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/yeti-1.jpg 322w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/yeti-2.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"196\" data-attachment-id=\"4817\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/yeti.jpg?fit=322%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"322,288\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"yeti\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/yeti.jpg?fit=300%2C268&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/yeti.jpg?fit=322%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nyad\u2019s heat drip discussion exists,<br \/>\nI swear it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, Diana deleted an entire conversation about her \u201cheat drip\u201d invention. We know that the conversation existed because she refers to it in a separate discussion that she also tried to remove:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I actually do appreciate so many of you weighing in with your opinions on the Heat Drip action we are perhaps planning on using for moments of hypothermia on the way across from Cuba\u2026.(<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120728073836\/http:\/\/diananyad.com\/response-to-heat-drip-dialogue\">\u201cResponse to Heat Drip Dialogue,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Wayback Machine, 20 July 2012)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who weighed in and what they weighed in on,\u00a0we may never know. Clearly, Diana and her advisers thought it best to try to limit the haters to hating amongst themselves:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There are a couple that are still haters. Every day, every day, they\u2019re on Facebook, [they\u2019re] calling me that they don\u2019t believe I ever swam around Manhattan Island. They don\u2019t believe\u2026they think I\u2019m an absolute fraud and I\u2019ve never done anything I\u2019ve said I\u2019ve done. What can I do? They have some power with the internet, and I just don\u2019t respond anymore. (45:38, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pt9-Qc1MDwg?t=2738\">Diana Nyad: Find a Way<\/a>,\u201d Politics and Prose, pub. 30 Oct 2015)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&lt;\u00b0))\u0302)\u0316)&gt;&lt;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&gt;&lt;((\u0317(\u0302(\u00b0&gt;<\/p>\n<h5>Nyad in Neverland: A Brief Timeline of the Highest Ideals<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myfairygardens.com\/products\/neverland-direction-sign-and-tinkerbell\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4790\" src=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/neverland-direction-sign-and-tinkerbell-new-giftcraft-myfairygardens_1024x1024.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 85vw, 277px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/neverland-direction-sign-and-tinkerbell-new-giftcraft-myfairygardens_1024x1024-1.jpg 365w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/neverland-direction-sign-and-tinkerbell-new-giftcraft-myfairygardens_1024x1024-2.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"268\" data-attachment-id=\"4790\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/neverland-direction-sign-and-tinkerbell-new-giftcraft-myfairygardens_1024x1024.jpg?fit=365%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"365,353\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1493348541&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Neverland\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/neverland-direction-sign-and-tinkerbell-new-giftcraft-myfairygardens_1024x1024.jpg?fit=300%2C290&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/neverland-direction-sign-and-tinkerbell-new-giftcraft-myfairygardens_1024x1024.jpg?fit=365%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>9 July 2012<\/strong><br \/>\nNyad blogs the following\u00a0announcement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDiana\u201d, A WIGS Real documentary now playing! (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120715044554\/http:\/\/diananyad.com:80\/diana-a-wigsreal-documentary-now-playing\/\">Wayback Machine<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eFh9Wq_FAjI?t=239\">At about four minutes<\/a> into that documentary, Nyad claims to be the first woman to swim around Manhattan. She hasn\u2019t told this lie on camera since her \u201cmind-boggling surprise\u201d of June, 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20 July 2012<\/strong><br \/>\nNyad posts the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120728073836\/http:\/\/diananyad.com\/response-to-heat-drip-dialogue\">\u201cResponse to Heat Drip Dialogue\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026Let me first say that I certainly hope that all of you out there know of my pedigree for many years in this sport. I have always upheld the highest ideals. It is the champions who achieve under the purest circumstances whom I respect\u2026..and I have always, proudly, fallen into that category. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120728073836\/http:\/\/diananyad.com\/response-to-heat-drip-dialogue\">Wayback Machine<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>23 July 2013<\/strong><br \/>\nThree days later, in a comment that you can still find in situ\u2014probably because all of the other commenters vigorously support Diana\u2014she writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026I will do the right thing. I would never sully all the effort my Team and I have given to this historic Quest\u2026just as I would never disrespect the sport that has taken me through so many athletic and life adventures. Thanks, everybody. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DianaNyad\/posts\/249402435162882\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, in May of 2012 an extended profile of Nyad appeared in <em>Elle<\/em> magazine. The author, Rivka Galchen, wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Diana decided to try swimming around Manhattan. This had been done a few decades earlier by men but never by a woman. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/career-politics\/news\/a14491\/the-hunger-swimming-from-cuba-to-florida-655905\/\">\u201cThe Hunger\u2026,\u201d<\/a> 25 May 2012)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nyad apparently did not attempt to correct the error. She repeated it a few months later. So, we can conclude that Diana\u2019s \u201cmind-boggling surprise\u201d \u2014 and her \u201cjoy and pride in honoring all great women athletes of all eras\u201d \u2014 lasted less than a year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&gt;&lt;((\u0317(\u0302(\u00b0&gt;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &lt;\u00b0))\u0302)\u0316)&gt;&lt;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Up next: Not all is lost.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Notes<\/h4>\n<div id=\"notes\" style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\n<p>1. Facebook threads on Morrison\u2019s page around the time of the crossing have no remaining responses from Nyad. The most likely discussion in which Nyad posted is this one: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y7ovujhy\">Did any of the journalists covering Diana Nyad<\/a>\u2026.\u201d If you click \u201cView 28 more comments,\u201d you\u2019ll see that Ron Collins wrote one of them, hence Diana\u2019s \u201cRon et al.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: red; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#return1\">RETURN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Diana did, however, leave the following untouched: \u201cBefore Cuba, way back in 1975, the swim that made my heart race was Manhattan. I was the first woman to circle the island\u2026. 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