FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. RIGHT NOW A MARIN COUNTY MAN IS TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST PERSON TO TRAVEL FROM CALIFORNIA TO HAWAII ALONE ON A KAYAK. LISA: HE LEFT SAUSALITO THIS MORNING. JAMES TORREZ EXPLAINS WHY THE KAYAKER IS TAKING ON THE RISKY JOURNEY. >> JUST BEFORE 5:00 THIS MORNING, THE JOURNEY BEGAN. >> I JUST LOVE LIFE. I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE -- >> FOR 12 YEARS HE FOLLOWED THAT SILLY MODEL AND LEARN TO BECOME AN EXPERT KAYAKER. HE WILL ATTEMPT TO ADDING A NEW RECORD TO HIS RESUME. KAYAKING 2400 NAUTICAL MILES THROUGH THE PACIFIC TO THE HAWAII ALONE. ARE YOU CRAZY? >> IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF A CRAZINESS. I WOULD NOT CALL IT CRAZINESS, I THINK IT’S PASSION. PASSION AND UNDERSTANDING MYSELF AND MY LIMITS, AND PUSHING MY OWN BOUNDARIES. I THINK I CAN DO THAT. >> WITH A SPECIALIZED KAYAK, HE SAYS HE’S DOING THIS BECAUSE HE SEES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST. SOME LAST-MINUTE PACKING, SOME FINAL GOODBYES, AND SOME KIND OF YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE ATTITUDE THAT IS BECOMING THE INSPIRATION TO HIS FELLOW KAYAKERS. >> HE’S REALLY IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY FOR WHAT HE’S DOING. THERE’S PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE IT IN A ROWBOAT. BUT WHAT HE’S DOING IN A KAYAK IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LEVEL. >> JUST AFTER 5:00 THIS MORNING, HE TAKES OFF FROM UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. HE WILL BE IN OPEN WATER FOR ABOUT 70 DAYS, HOPING TO COMPLETE THE JOURNEY NEVER BEFORE TAKEN ON KAYAK. >> I THINK I’M GOING TO LEARN SO MUCH INTO TWO MONTHS. I DON’T KNOW WHAT, BUT FEELING THE ONENESS OF THE OCEAN, AND IT’S GOING TO BE A BLAST. LISA: MY KAYAK LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THAT. YOU CAN FOLLOW HIS JOURNEY. THERE’S A LIVE TRACKER ON HIS KAYAK. THE WEB SITE IS SOLO KAYAK TO HAWAII.COM. AND NOT ONLY DOES IT SHOW WHERE HE IS. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT THE WIND WEATHER AND WAVES HE’S EXPERIEN
A man plans to kayak thousands of miles alone from California to Hawaii
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Updated: 3:22 PM PDT Jun 1, 2021
Many plan to travel this summer with easing pandemic restrictions — but Cyril Derreumaux is traveling a bit differently than most.He's kayaking from California to Hawaii, a journey stretching more than 2,400 nautical miles in treacherous Pacific Ocean waters. Oh, and he's doing it alone, SF Gate reported.Derreumaux started his journey on Monday, and it should take him about two months to get there.The French native has been living in California for 12 years and has completed hundreds of impressive trips in that time, including a rowing race from Monterey, California, to Oahu, Hawaii in 2016. During that trip, he was on a rowboat with three teammates and they earned a Guinness World Record for the fastest crossing in that distance.Derreumaux told KTVU he was embarking on the trip, which has only been completed once before in a solo kayak in 1987, to challenge himself."Being alone, is just very different," he told KTVU. "I have to be self-aware all of the time, what's going on mentally, physically. The weather the electronics, the boat evolution, seasickness, sleep deprivation, food nutrition, hydration. There's so much I have to think so I have to be self-aware at all times."Fans can follow along with his trip through his website solokayaktohawaii.com.
SAUSALITO, Calif. — Many plan to travel this summer with easing pandemic restrictions — but Cyril Derreumaux is traveling a bit differently than most.
He's kayaking from California to Hawaii, a journey stretching more than 2,400 nautical miles in treacherous Pacific Ocean waters. Oh, and he's doing it alone, SF Gate reported.
Derreumaux started his journey on Monday, and it should take him about two months to get there.
The French native has been living in California for 12 years and has completed hundreds of impressive trips in that time, including a rowing race from Monterey, California, to Oahu, Hawaii in 2016. During that trip, he was on a rowboat with three teammates and they earned a Guinness World Record for the fastest crossing in that distance.
Derreumaux told KTVU he was embarking on the trip, which has only been completed once before in a solo kayak in 1987, to challenge himself.
"Being alone, is just very different," he told KTVU. "I have to be self-aware all of the time, what's going on mentally, physically. The weather the electronics, the boat evolution, seasickness, sleep deprivation, food nutrition, hydration. There's so much I have to think so I have to be self-aware at all times."
Fans can follow along with his trip through his website solokayaktohawaii.com.
