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conditions likely to get worse train back to new york note to non kayakers this may seem like a matter of fact trip report but hidden in those last few sentences both by vlad s laconic delivery and his choice of nautical terms is some real excitement some difficulty keeping boat from broaching translates to i was about to capsize multiple times vlad was using the sailing definition of broaching which is to slew around on a wave front so as to present the ship s side to oncoming large waves and capsize and enter a death roll not exactly what you want to have happen when you re alone on 40 degree water in a gathering storm and need much more practice with automatic braces says in effect my skill level was not up to keeping the boat upright bracing is a way that kayakers hold the paddle to prevent capsize in among other things high waves as the kayaker becomes more skilled he or she gets better at bracing automatically to keep the boat upright the giveaway here is the word much vlad clearly felt the conditions were at or beyond his skill level so in effect vlad is saying here that he ran into what was for him at the time and likely for most paddlers at any time conditions beyond what he could paddle he doesn t say but it appears from his last sentence that he d intended to go farther than ossining but pulled out due to conditions a show of good judgment i m always happy to see finally spring is the most dangerous time for paddlers the combination of cold water and temptingly warm air leads to underdressing which can be fatal in the event of a capsize and in the hudson there s often snowmelt which increases the current though that didn t apply here as the current was flooding or heading upriver i suspect vlad subsequently realized he had been underdressed for the conditions in any event by the time we paddled together he would not have gone out without a drysuit on a warm day in spring as made clear in this story needless to say his automatic bracing and other paddling techniques had also improved considerably by then leave a comment posted in kayaking life nature new york city tagged bracing broaching dyckman st hudson river irvington kayaking ossining paddling spring tappan zee bridge gallery sea hare posted on november 20 2017 by johna till johnson this gallery contains 1 photos text and photo by johna till johnson photo edit concept by dan kalman westport river east branch westport massachusetts it was a sunny weekend in early autumn the trees were just beginning to come ablaze lit by the late morning continue reading 26 comments goodbye and godspeed dear friend posted on november 17 2017 by johna till johnson 29 comments by johna till johnson tom on father daughter day 2016 earlier this week a man who had become very dear to me and to vlad slipped the surly bonds of earth tom marsilje a cancer scientist patient and patient advocate left this world on tuesday november 14 i can t write a better obituary than the one that appeared in the philadelphia inquirer for which he wrote a regular column as with vlad tom s loss is more than personal he was a beacon of hope and optimism for all of us dealing with cancer in no small part because he lived every possible role in that experience as a graduate student he became caregiver and patient advocate for his mother helping to get her into one of the earliest immunotherapy clinical trials in 1999 and quadrupling her life and health span in the process he went on to co develop a breakthrough drug for lung cancer and from the time of his diagnosis in 2012 to his death this week he experienced the disease from the inside all the while serving as a guiding light for those of us in the same situation the loss of that light as much as of tom the person was a real blow to all of us in that world and because cancer will strike nearly 1 in 2 of us and touch the lives of nearly all of us i m including here a facebook post i wrote for my friends in the cancer community and yes i hate that there is such a thing as much as i love the fact that through it i ve met some of the smartest bravest nicest people on the planet tom s approach is not a bad way to live for any of us cancer or no life after all is a terminal condition some thoughts on tom and the impact of his death on me and on us some background tom and i were friends in real life as well as on facebook we visited in ny and ca he knew and respected vlad and vice versa he coordinated closely with vlad neuroscientist and dan vlad s best friend from grad school and an immunotherapy researcher at emory we would literally strategize together the four of us about the most promising treatments vlad was the most skeptical he knew the odds and also the science so to me tom wasn t a superhero he was a really smart scientist with early insight into how science was turning into cures as we all know he also had that incredibly contagious combination of optimism and humility anyone who interacted with him walked away feeling heck if it can work for tom it can work for me or my loved one so the fact that it did not work for tom is a gut punch to many folks i mean if super hero cape wearing scientist died anyway what are the chances for us ordinary folks i didn t have quite that reaction because i knew him better and knew the science pretty well here s the thing tom s approach was spot on and it continues to be spot on step 1 stay alive and as healthy as you can possibly be for as long as you can that means build an exercise nutrition and treatment routine that works for you that could be 5 minutes a day of yoga and a steady diet of bic macs to keep the weight on you don t have to run triathlons do whatever works for you step 2 take joy in every day and every moment your joy intake is as important as what you eat drink and do that new puppy might possibly have the same ability to inhibit tumor growth as the latest radiation therapy step 3 stay on top of the research keep leveraging your network we are here and we re not going to stop researching for you there is going to be an exponential explosion of new treatments over the next 5 years i know this tom knew this vlad knew this some treatments will work amazingly some will keep you alive until the next treatment and some will fail the stronger you are the more runway you have and the more treatments you can try and the more knowledge you have the better able you are to point that runway in the right direction that s what tom did and it did not fail him the science failed him as it failed vlad and will continue to fail people we love maybe even us until it doesn t any more that s how science works it fails until it doesn t any more and we are so close to the science not failing any more as awful as it is to say this if you re reading this now you re already ahead of tom because you re 24 hours closer to that day very soon now when the science won t fail us why am i writing this because i know how devastating it is when your magic talisman for the future is lost i ve been dreading tom s death less for the loss of the unique and beautiful soul that he is and more for the fact that i m afraid it will emotionally devastate so many people that i love because they will lose hope and it does devastate people i can t fix that the only thing i can say is following the three steps above is what tom did and what he d want all of us to do and what in my considered opinion as a scientist and engineer is what is most likely to result in the cure of everyone dealing with this awful disease and a permanent cure is not an unrealistic hope for people dealing with this disease a long shot yes but it s out there and very very close i know tom is fighting for all of us still 29 comments posted in culture life nature science and technology society the virtual world tagged cancer immunotherapy tom marsilje vladimir brezina 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 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