{"id":844,"date":"2019-12-06T18:52:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/2019\/12\/06\/diana-nyad-spills-at-bold-missy-brewery\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T18:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:52:12","slug":"diana-nyad-spills-at-bold-missy-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/diana-nyad-spills-at-bold-missy-brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Nyad Spills at Bold Missy Brewery"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Bold Missy, they name their brews for inspiring women<\/a>. Right now, they\u2019ll pour you beers that honor astronaut Sally Ride, sharpshooter Annie Oakley, aviator Amelia Earhart, and mountaineer\/explorer Alison Levine.<\/p>\n

And they recently added a new one for Diana Nyad:<\/p>\n

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Later on, I\u2019ll suggest a few alternatives to Find a Way Wheat.<\/em> First, though, I want to point out some highs and lows from Nyad\u2019s recent appearance<\/a> with Levine at Bold Missy. The highs all came, by the way, via Levine, whose integrity and authenticity provided an uplifting counterpoint to Nyad\u2019s narcissism and deceit.
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That Special Someone<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Bold Missy Brewery founder Carol Waggener asked Nyad and Levine about the origins of their boldness and the inspiration for their adventures. Levine gave a funny, heartfelt answer that included her tough-love family and the veterinarian down the street (32:09<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Nyad answered, for all practical purposes, \u201cme\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u2026I don\u2019t really have any memories of you know, sort of, you know, inspiration and aspiration and character development and all that. And I honestly, you know, don\u2019t think of myself as something special (35:10<\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But she does<\/em> think of herself as something special, which is why she has to tell you that she doesn\u2019t. She knows that it would be weird if she told the truth.<\/p>\n

Waggener also asked Levine and Nyad what they had been working on lately. Levine said that she\u2019d completed her last big climb two years ago. Now, though, she\u2019s helping to honor another great mountaineer:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been working on a documentary film about the first female Sherpa to summit Mount Everest. Yeah, she\u2019s amazing. So her name was Pasang Lhamu Sherpa\u2026 (49:50<\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa is<\/em> amazing. To summit Everest, she battled not only the elements but something much more treacherous and unyielding\u2014her culture. It didn\u2019t believe that women should climb mountains. Pasang Lhamu Sherpa disagreed. She finally summited Everest on her fourth attempt, only to die on the way down.<\/p>\n

[Update, 23 Sep 2023: Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>debuted in 2022.]<\/p>\n