By Vladimir Brezina
Before the big paddle into the unknown: first tension—
then fear—
(OK, she’s acting out for the camera, a bit)
and then pure happiness on the last day…
Yes, long-distance paddling is all about the State of Mind!
This was the 2014 WaterTribe Everglades Challenge. Not coincidentally, the 2016 Challenge starts in a couple of days…
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, State of Mind.
... 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.
... 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.
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Wind Against Current 
Tension, aptly titled and captured. :)
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:-) Thanks, Eric!
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Lovely take on the challenge! :-)
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Thanks, Dina!!
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Good luck with this years paddle💕😊
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Sadly, we are not doing this year’s Everglades Challenge—just following it vicariously online. No, for this year’s big paddle—we can realistically only do one per year—we have set our sights on another WaterTribe challenge, the Blackbeard Challenge in North Carolina, in October, and are gradually preparing for that.
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Well then…good luck with the preparations….and look forward to seeing the results here on your blog😊💕
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Determination; trepidation; jubilation!
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Well put, Pamela! :-)
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A little longing, too? I am still dreaming about doing it with Jeanie in our covered Sawyer. Thanks for the reminder.
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Definitely, longing too! We are not doing the Everglades Challenge this year as we plan to do the Blackbeard Challenge in North Carolina in October. But there is a distinct possibility that the Blackbeard Challenge will be canceled if not enough people sign up, in which case we’ll do the Everglades Challenge again in 2017. As you and Jeanie should! :-)
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