Three Amigos Meet Up In Morocco
60-year-old John DaPrato, 61-year-old James Penrose, and 42-year-old David Cook met up on the shores of Spain to knock off one of the Oceans Seven channel: the Strait of Gibraltar.Penrose completed his third Oceans Seven channel with his 5 hour 4 minute crossing.
“We had good conditions and it absolutely great to see white African sand from 40 feet above,” said DaPrato who completed the crossing in 5 hours 16 minutes. “I trained hard for this one and it was great to finish the crossing with some very tough soloists, James (5:04) and David (5:20). We made the front page of the sports section of a major Spanish newspaper. Open water swimming is alive & well in Spain!“
DaPrato completed swims across the United States in Alaska, the Great Salt Lake in Utah, San Francisco Bay in California, and Boston Harbor in Massachusetts.
His Strait of Gibraltar crossing this month is right in line with DaPrato’s self-defined career as an adventure swimmer and adventure writer. “By taking on these swims over the last 5 years, I hope to encourage other middle-of-the-pack marathon swimmers to take risks.”
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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. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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