Stoll is `` feeling strong ... joking for the fifth time all day , '' says her handler . She hopes to swim 1.5 mph from Florida to the Florida Keys . It 's her first attempt in 35 years and will be her last , she says . ` Her path is only 5 miles to the east of a straight line from Marina Hemingway to Key West , thanks to a favorable Gulf Stream . '' If she 's successful , she 'll be the first person to do so without a shark cage , flippers or wet suit .
Stoll is `` feeling strong ... joking for the fifth time all day , '' says her handler . She hopes to swim 1.5 mph from Florida to the Florida Keys . It 's her first attempt in 35 years and will be her last , she says . If she 's successful , she 'll be the first person to do so without a shark cage , flippers or wet suit .