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When he was diagnosed, he remembers, "I said, 'I've been on a lot of trips. This is a new trip.' So I learned a lot about prostate cancer, and I was a good traveler. I got through this storm, and now I'm on the open sea."

"I got through this storm, and now I'm on the open sea."

Setup: “I’m Still Here” originally opened on an open sea at dawn as a military helicopter arrives.

He said he had "never imagined" swimming across an open sea when he embarked on his epic challenge.

“The archipelago contains numerous islands of different sizes and accessibility. In places there are narrow channels between islands as well as open sea. The region is home to pods of orcas and gray whales and humpbacks. In addition, bald eagles are thriving in the islands. My biggest thrill was being out on the water in a small boat with orcas coming alongside. Tourism is the principal industry now, but the islands’ largest town, Friday Harbor, is not garish, schlocky or overrun.”