Diana Nyad is making added endeavor to move from state to Florida after imperfectness to accomplish her content in August.

This time, the 62-year-old living traveler from Los Angeles said she's primed for the designed 60-hour journey, which she began in Havana weekday night.

"I'm embattled and modify locution that though, how some nowadays do you intend to do something of this bounteous an adventure? You know, how some nowadays do you intend to see this alive? This awaken and alive?" Nyad said.

An asthma move ended her endeavor terminal period after 29 hours in the water. She was 15 miles off-course cod to brawny currents, according to Tweets on her tender at the time.

Nyad is hoping to fortuity her possess concern achievement for open-water tearful without a shark cage. A traveler from state ended a move from state to the Florida Keys in 1997 but utilised a cage.

If she completes the swim, she would fortuity her 1979 record, when she swam 102.5 miles from the state to Florida.

"I see in meliorate appearance at 62 than I was at 28, which is the prototypal instance I proven this, 28 eld older -- I'm not as alacritous as I was then and I'm a lowercase fatter, uh, but that's OK," she said.

Well-wishers cheered Nyad on as she began her move Friday.

"I undergo I'm feat to be cold," Nyad told The Associated Press. "I undergo I'm feat to separate into every kinds of cnidarian and the nights are feat to be long."

On Nyad's twirp account, her assistants hit been updating the open of the swimmer's progress.

At digit point, it appeared she was stung by a slug jelly.

"Diana was stung along both blazonry the lateral of her embody and her face," honcho trainer Bonnie Stoll said in a communication posted on her Twitter account.

After dynamical suits and rehydrating, Nyad continuing her journey.

If every goes well, she predicts she will accomplish Florida primeval weekday morning, the AP reported.

ABC News' Enjoli Francis, Eric Noll, ABC News Radio and The Associated Press contributed to this story.