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de street life weekly photo challenge weekly photo challenge street life posted on march 28 2014 by vladimir brezina 56 comments by vladimir brezina this week s photo challenge is street life new york city descending into the subway another more leisurely response is here 56 comments posted in new york city photography tagged dusk manhattan new york city photography postaweek postaweek2014 street life subway weekly photo challenge everglades challenge the days before preparation and gear check posted on march 27 2014 by johna till johnson 40 comments by johna till johnson photos by vladimir brezina previous in everglades challenge next in everglades challenge our preparation for the watertribe everglades challenge actually started more than a year before the event itself in january 2013 when we decided that this time for sure we were going to participate in ec 2014 but it kicked up considerably following our everglades shakedown trip in december 2013 after that trip we put together a detailed timeline covering everything from gym training to logistics to food and gear purchases and more or less stuck to it as we ll detail later in reflections what worked what didn t i started a serious lifting and high intensity workout routine in january and tapered down in the weeks approaching the ec and we found that dropping alcohol and coffee in the weeks before the ec along with getting plenty of sleep made a difference in our stamina and responses to hypothermia meanwhile we made lists and checked them off purchased equipment made hotel and plane reservations got our spots and plbs registered and tested them and of course did training paddles when we could though the polar vortex kept us from doing more than two moderately long trips in nyc but murphy s law has a way of stepping in and due to some work challenges i was concerned that at the last minute i might need to cancel despite all the planning it wasn t until the friday a week before the event that we were sure we could make it continue reading 40 comments posted in kayaking tagged everglades everglades challenge florida kayaking kayak camping kayak equipment kayak expeditions kayak gear kayak race photography sea kayaking watertribe travel theme pink take two posted on march 22 2014 by vladimir brezina 26 comments by vladimir brezina ailsa s travel themed photo challenge this week is pink there s one week in the year coming up soon when nyc s parks are awash in pink and looking further ahead here s another classic nyc event in which pink is surely the ruling color it s the coney island mermaid parade the story and photos from last year are here you can bet we ll do our best to be there again this year this year on saturday june 21st at 1 pm 26 comments posted in new york city photography tagged brooklyn coney island mermaid parade new york city parade photography pink postaweek postaweek2014 travel weekly photo challenge weekly photo challenge reflections posted on march 21 2014 by vladimir brezina 90 comments by vladimir brezina this week s photo challenge is reflections perfect as a photographer i am irresistibly drawn to reflections of all kinds two fold reflection endless reflection deep reflection distorted reflection glassy reflection 90 comments posted in photography tagged photography postaweek postaweek2014 reflections weekly photo challenge travel theme pink posted on march 21 2014 by vladimir brezina 39 comments by vladimir brezina ailsa s travel themed photo challenge this week is pink in nyc s central park not so long ago pink was an artificial color but very soon now it will grow on every tree these photos were taken in april 2013 hopefully a preview of coming attractions another classic nyc event later on in june at which pink is surely the ruling color is here 39 comments posted in nature new york city photography tagged central park new york city photography pink postaweek postaweek2014 snow spring spring blossoms travel weekly photo challenge spring finally perhaps posted on march 20 2014 by vladimir brezina 34 comments by vladimir brezina the spring equinox occurs today this year spring has been a long time in coming in nyc the weather is still very chilly but there are signs that winter is now finally perhaps on its way out so happy spring or to our readers in the southern hemisphere happy autumn 34 comments posted in nature tagged photography seasons spring everglades challenge gear we love posted on march 18 2014 by johna till johnson 55 comments by johna till johnson previous in everglades challenge next in everglades challenge you can t make a trip like the everglades challenge without relying heavily on your gear and the quality of that gear varies some poorly designed products break reliably we haven t yet found a waterproof headlamp that actually lives up to its name for instance and we ve been through almost half a dozen in the past year so we make sure to carry plenty of backups there are also those products that perform as they re supposed to day in day out everything kokatat makes comes to mind you rely on these products to do their jobs and never think further about them but there are also are a handful of products that either perform infinitely better than you expect or fill a need you didn t realize you had for these products you whisper a silent thank you to the manufacturers every time you use them i m an engineer so i never lose sight of the fact that when there s a product i love it was conceived designed and tested by other engineers and for the products below i am devoutly grateful to the humans who created them continue reading 55 comments posted in kayaking tagged everglades everglades challenge florida kayaking gear jetboil kayak camping kayak equipment kayak expeditions kayak race romney s kendal mint cake sea kayaking tanka watershed watertribe everglades challenge overview posted on march 17 2014 by johna till johnson 81 comments by johna till johnson photos by vladimir brezina next in everglades challenge start tampa bay finish key largo distance 262 nautical miles 301 land miles total time 7 days 14½ hours our route kayaking in florida that sounds like a lovely relaxing vacation that was the common reaction when we told folks we were planning to participate in the watertribe everglades challenge a 300 mile adventure race from tampa bay to key largo when you think about paddling in florida you probably imagine sunny skies gentle breezes and turquoise waves lapping softly against white sandy beaches and true some parts were like that then there were the other parts paddling down the gulf of mexico in pitch darkness with a fantastically realistic hallucination of an old english forest on your right every so often you glance into the grey ghostly trees and see lights twinkling among them then you look down and your headlamp illuminates a pair of sharks silently crisscrossing under your boat you realize with a jolt of fear that they are no hallucination getting both boats stuck at low tide in the tangled mangrove roots in the deceptively named broad creek if this was the broad creek we don t want to know what the narrow one is like you spend a few minutes wondering if you ll have to wait hours until the tide rises then with a final maneuver you re able to break free being hammered by a massive thunderstorm as you paddle toward a chickee to perform boat repairs surfing 3 foot breaking waves in oyster bay in the 20 knot tailwinds after a storm while navigating by starlight and gps and struggling to stay awake after a total of only 16 hours of sleep over the past four days tumbling into the sand pillowing your head on your pfd and pulling your hat over your face to grab an hour or two of sleep on the beach as you wait for the current to change lovely for sure relaxing not so much exhausting exhilarating challenging yes all those in this writeup we divide the 8 days it took us to get from from tampa bay to key largo into 6 segments because we usually paddled late into the night or overnight before we finally stopped to get a few hours sleep each day stretched to 30 hours 36 hours or longer the trip roughly divides into before front segments 1 4 and after front segments 5 and 6 before a strong weather front blew in wind and sea conditions were largely not an issue we took the most direct route and paddled as quickly and consistently as possible our primary challenges were sleep deprivation dealing with the extremes of heat and cold and night navigation tough enough but something we quickly learned to handle once the front began to affect us wind and sea conditions dictated our route to avoid or at least minimize the impact of the conditions we took a longer round about route and so slowed down considerably in our progress toward the finish cumulative sleep deprivation was also now taking a major toll after front was definitely the most challenging but also the most gratifying here are the links to each segment of the race as well as a few other relevant topics gear we love the days before preparation and gear check segment 1 fort de soto to cape haze segment 2 cape haze to magic key segment 3 magic key to indian key segment 4 indian key to highland beach segment 5 highland beach to flamingo segment 6 flamingo to key largo reflections what worked what didn t a few photos from the entire race were here next in everglades challenge 81 comments posted in kayaking tagged everglades everglades challenge florida kayaking kayak expeditions kayak race kayaking dangers sea kayaking watertribe older posts copyright wind against current by vladimir brezina and johna till johnson is licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial noderivs 3 0 unported license search search for authors vladimir brezina rip kayaked the waters around new york for more than 15 years in his red feathercraft folding kayak he was originally from the former czechoslovakia and lived in the u k and california before settling down in new york he was a neuroscientist at the mount sinai school of medicine in new york city he died in 2016 johna till johnson is a kayaker and technology researcher at nemertes research she s an erstwhile engineer particle physicist and science fiction writer she was born in california and has lived in italy norway hawaii and a few other places she currently resides in new york city our links johna s technology research vlad s photos vlad s scientific research recent posts a meditation on gratitude november 26 2025 the first leg june 6 2023 looks like they made it june 5 2023 more scenes from the northcountry may 30 2023 r2ak scenes from the northern lands may 29 2023 halfway there may 29 2023 and they re off may 28 2023 team trimoron heads west may 26 2023 sheltering at sea part 3 staten island to atlantic city june 28 2021 sheltering at sea part 2 escape from new york june 14 2021 sheltering at sea part 1 taking the leap june 7 2021 night on hart island may 30 2021 happy birthday vlad june 1 2020 solo trip to the yellow submarine may 26 2020 sail and sky composition may 20 2020 recent comments johna till johnson on where we like to land on sandy canada to key west p on a bizarre boating eunice miller on a meditation on gratitude harry on a meditation on gratitude johna till johnson on a meditation on gratitude harry itagaki on a meditation on gratitude love is still the an on travel theme signs david mclean on where we like to land on sandy davidloh24 on endless reflection paddle log north mo on circumnavigating monomoy brian on long island kayak circumnaviga andi the slime on yellow mark s on the dry salvages dudi on everglades challenge the days francie chew on the first leg categories architecture 20 art 52 awards 4 biography 9 book reviews 9 culture 56 history 15 humor 11 kayaking 369 life 164 literature 13 music 7 nature 370 new york city 373 philosophy 8 photography 495 politics 5 sailing 10 science and technology 55 society 40 sports 28 the virtual world 9 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