[ adj ] obsessed with a single subject or idea <adj.all>
Monomaniac \Mon`oma"ni*ac\, Monomaniacal \Mon`oma"ni*a*cal\, a. [Cf. F. monomaniaque.] Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.
But it is thanks to his talent for solitariness and to his monomaniacal determination to paddle between this island and that in a collapsible kayak that we owe many of the bonuses of this remarkable adventure. A kayak, yes.