“ On the values of embracing discomfort”
When I was preparing for the Ocean Row, I really was thinking on how to get best prepared, and that included being prepared physically, mentally, and emotionally. That entailed a lot of parameters. So many …
On “not having the choice” and how it can help you reach your goals.
It is amazing what you can achieve once you have no choice. Many people in the world act bravely, courageously, and surmount extreme difficulties with strength and endurance, simply because they do not have the …
Orange Mud podcast featuring my ocean row last year in June 2016
o happy and humble to have participated in this podcast, featuring my ocean row from California to Hawaii, among other things. Listen to Episode 20: Cyril Derreumaux, a Guiness World Record holder, endurance paddler, motivator, …
Essay on the so-called Mental “Strength”
“You don’t need to be a rower to row an ocean. It’s all about mental strength”, so they said. After having rowed from California to Hawaii, I guess I must have it, that thing called …
Unreasonable
One amazing trait of us humans is that we are probably the only animal on earth that takes endeavors that have no “real” useful purpose. We run marathons, we climb mountains, we swim across lakes, …
Letter to my beautiful kids
This is a letter that I wrote to my kids, several years ago, June 23, 2012 to be exact, just before going to the Yukon River Quest, a 444-mile canoe race — www.yukonriverquest.com. I am posting …