Back to the Light – The Boston Light
John Daprato is writing an autobiography about his comeback swim and a year of his life preparing for the Boston Light Swim. “It could be compared to a book about mountain climbing with the added element of an older prize-fighter trying to make a comeback, with the Boston Light being my high mountain with time running out for me.I am the swimmer with a dream of one more big swim to make things right. The Boston Light was the swim that I wanted to do for ten years, but never could for one reason or another. In the real world, I was being pulled in different directions. Non-swimmers and my family doctor tried to persuade me to use my time and energy on productive things like my career, business, friends, family, etc. They said extreme sports were supposed to be only for the under 40 crowd.
The book covers a year where I had to break out of old habits and be unpractical in many ways. It’s about taking selfishness to a new level in order to stand a chance of meeting my goal. The great Boston Light Swim being the starting point, the finishing point and my Mount Everest.”
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff.
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