Have you ever considered what a giant swordfish does to a kayak? Me either. But Cyril Derreaumeaux sure has. The 48-year-old is the first person to ever kayak across two oceans solo—and he's got stories to tell. In the latest installment of our revived series, What It Feels Like, Derreaumeaux walks us through what it's like, physically and emotionally, to spend months alone kayaking across the ocean. You can read it here. – Michael Sebastian, editor-in-chief Plus: |
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For months on end, I paddled through dangerous storms and swordfish encounters—and became one with the water. |
There have only been five ocean crossings in a solo kayak. I was number five, and I'm the first to have done two different oceans: the Atlantic and Pacific.
My first journey was from California to Hawaii in 2022. I had to make two attempts. On my first attempt, a storm was so bad that I was stuck in my kayak. I was attached to the boat by a belt on my chest and my hips. For three days and three nights, I couldn't move. I was inside, just waiting it out. I put out the sea anchor, which is an underwater parachute that turns me perpendicular to the waves, but it became entangled with the rudder. I called the Coast Guard after only a week. I didn't just wake up and say, "I'm going to cross an ocean." It took years for my body to become accustomed to those kinds of distances, and because I was alone, I had to be physically, mentally, and emotionally prepared at all times. |
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When The Pitt premiered in January of this year, it struck a chord with audiences across the country. While premise wasn't exactly groundbreaking—each episode unfolds over the course of a single hour during a 12-hour shift in a Pittsburgh emergency room—it stood out as a medical drama that, refreshingly, focused on actual medicine. Its realism was so convincing that it left little room for disbelief; it simply felt true. The same could be said for its characters.
Shawn Hatosy plays one of them: former combat medic and current E.R. doctor Jack Abbot, a character who, even after a full season, we still know little about. He's a Renaissance man who brings both skill and levity to The Pitt; self-possessed yet unafraid to be vulnerable. We first meet him in the pilot episode as he wraps up a night shift, and he doesn't reappear until a mass casualty event pulls him back for the final four episodes of the season. |
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Nick Jonas has been here before. Not just around here but in this very bowling alley, Parkway Lanes, a beat-up spot pressed against the Garden State Parkway in the New Jersey suburbs of New York. When the Jonas family was living in these same suburbs and Nick was a child actor on Broadway, bowling was a regular family outing. He remembered the lane setup and the long sports bar in the middle as soon as he walked in.
Maybe he was already in a nostalgic mood. Getting back to the early days is, after all, the reason he opted to become the face of Fossil watches instead of seeking out a contract with one of the luxury brands you see on every red carpet. |
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