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JUSTIN SPRECHER

Outdoor writer, content creator, digital marketing advisor
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  • Backpacking 38
  • Day Trips 30
  • Colorado 20
  • Overnight Trip 20
  • Wisconsin 16
  • Pacific Northwest Trail 15
  • Australia 14
  • Food, Gear & Prep 12
  • Camping 9
  • Great Divide Trail 7
  • The UP 7
  • Canoeing 5
  • Hut Trip 5
  • Skiing 4
  • New Zealand 3
  • Biking 1
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Decent NZ weekend: beaches, running, gorges, camping.
The next chapter begins. NZ, it feels so good to be back. #wellingtonnewzealand #lovewelly
Happy solstice! ☀️
May in the the #BWCA. Less than a week after ice out it was pretty darn cold. But there were electric sunsets, no biting bugs, and fantastic group of old and new friends to keep the vibe tropical. Might be the first group to portage whole coconuts in
Days 8-9: Pistol Hill to Molino Basin. 39 miles. Halfway up Mica Mountain I was eating lunch overlooking Tucson. I figured I’d check my messages while I had the chance. As my phone grabbed a signal a flood of beeps and buzzes called out. Uh-oh
Days 5-7: 70 miles, Patagonia to Pistol Hill. After a nearo and a zero in Patagonia I’m itching to go. At 630am I set off from the post office. The morning light is my favorite to hike in. And the easy road walk at the start gave me ample tim
  • Backpacking 38
  • Day Trips 30
  • Colorado 20
  • Overnight Trip 20
  • Wisconsin 16
  • Pacific Northwest Trail 15
  • Australia 14
  • Food, Gear & Prep 12
  • Camping 9
  • Great Divide Trail 7
  • The UP 7
  • Canoeing 5
  • Hut Trip 5
  • Skiing 4
  • New Zealand 3
  • Biking 1
  • Ice Age Trail 1
  • 2021
    • Dec 13, 2021 Fresh Snow at Roche-A-Cri State Park
    • Nov 24, 2021 Speakers Cabin Porcupine Mountains
    • Oct 1, 2021 A Week in the Boundary Waters
    • Aug 20, 2021 Tararua Range Overnight Trip
    • Aug 3, 2021 Island Bay New Zealand
    • Jul 25, 2021 Gentle Annie Track
    • Jul 10, 2021 100km on the Heysen Trail
    • Jun 21, 2021 38km Run Through Freycinet National Park
    • Jun 2, 2021 Mount Graham and Freycinet Summit
    • May 21, 2021 Scrambling Up Mount Parsons
    • May 6, 2021 Living In Freycinet National Park
    • May 4, 2021 Mount Field National Park Weekend
    • Mar 16, 2021 Urban Hiking Kunanyi / Mt Wellington
    • Feb 3, 2021 A Pandemic Escape
  • 2020
    • Nov 2, 2020 Ice Age Trail (IAT) - Merrimac Segment
    • Sep 30, 2020 6 Days in the Pecos Wilderness
    • Aug 11, 2020 Sneaky Wisconsin River Camp
    • Jun 24, 2020 Madeline Island Lockdown Escape
    • Mar 10, 2020 Waterfall Gully & Mt Lofty Hike
    • Mar 5, 2020 Beach Camping - Innes National Park
    • Feb 26, 2020 American Birkebeiner Race
    • Feb 13, 2020 McKeever Cabin
  • 2019
    • Nov 17, 2019 5 Surprising Things from a First Time Thru-hiker
    • Nov 12, 2019 Ice Age Trail (IAT) - Mecan River Segment
    • Sep 17, 2019 The End – Wild, Wet, Windswept Olympic Coast
    • Sep 10, 2019 Epic Olympics – PNT Section 9
    • Sep 1, 2019 Puget Pig Out
    • Aug 28, 2019 Three Times the PNT Tries (and Fails) to Kill Us
    • Aug 22, 2019 The Mighty, Magnificent and Remote Pasayten Wilderness
    • Aug 9, 2019 The Trail Turns Hot, Then it Turns Hotter
    • Aug 4, 2019 Lens Swap!
    • Jul 29, 2019 Homicide Suspects and the Kindness of Strangers
    • Jul 18, 2019 Hey PNT: I Still Love You but the Honeymoon Is Over
    • Jul 11, 2019 PNT Section 1 – Am I Back in New Zealand?
    • Jul 2, 2019 Blogging for the Trek
    • Jul 2, 2019 My Final Gear List for the Pacific Northwest Trail
    • Jun 13, 2019 PNT Prep
    • Jun 1, 2019 The Pacific Northwest Trail
    • May 3, 2019 Cold Soak Recipes
    • Apr 8, 2019 My Sub 2lb Camera Setup
    • Mar 29, 2019 Utah with the Nikon Z7
    • Feb 26, 2019 Winter Walk to Emerald Lake
    • Jan 16, 2019 Winter Camping
    • Jan 8, 2019 In Defense of the Humble Raisin
  • 2018
    • Nov 28, 2018 Thanksgiving Hut Adventure
    • Nov 5, 2018 Wild Basin Snowshoe
    • Oct 15, 2018 Twin Sisters Peak
    • Sep 26, 2018 Never Summer Wilderness Weekend
    • Sep 10, 2018 Mt Bierstadt
    • Sep 6, 2018 20 Hour Getaway
    • Jul 10, 2018 Capitol Creek Circuit+
    • Jun 19, 2018 Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Backpack
    • Jun 1, 2018 New Gear Testing
    • May 31, 2018 Boulder Skyline Traverse
    • Apr 25, 2018 Lily Mountain - Short Hike, Long Views
  • 2017
    • Dec 3, 2017 Great Sand Dunes National Park
    • Nov 6, 2017 Wild Basin, Wild Weather
    • Oct 30, 2017 Easy Does It - Sugarloaf Mt Hike
    • Sep 21, 2017 A Night in the James Peak Wilderness
    • Sep 7, 2017 Indian Peaks Wilderness - Lost Lake
    • Aug 31, 2017 Bear Peak Loop
    • Aug 6, 2017 To the Coast!
    • Jul 27, 2017 Skyline Trail
    • Jul 24, 2017 Berg Lake Trail & Mt Robson
    • Jul 20, 2017 GDT Update
    • Jul 19, 2017 Great Divide Trail - Fire, Bears & Section B
    • Jul 13, 2017 Great Divide Trail Section A
    • Jul 6, 2017 Getting to the GDT
    • Jun 23, 2017 GDT Prep
    • May 24, 2017 Goodbye Madison, Hello Colorado
    • Jan 6, 2017 Leech Attack on Ben Nevis
    • Jan 3, 2017 Meander Falls & Split Rock Circuit
  • 2016
    • Dec 24, 2016 Cradle Mountain Summit
    • Dec 13, 2016 Endless Summer - An Aussie Road Trip
    • Nov 23, 2016 Ice Age Trail - Devil's Lake Loop
    • Oct 15, 2016 Pictured Rocks Group Trip
    • Sep 16, 2016 The $50 Pack
    • Aug 26, 2016 Ice Age Trail - Table Bluff Segment
    • Jul 8, 2016 A Boundary Waters 4th of July
    • Jun 23, 2016 Floating on the Wisconsin River
    • May 3, 2016 A Short Jaunt on the Lake Superior Trail
    • Apr 16, 2016 Blue Mounds Bike Camping
    • Apr 10, 2016 Garage Sale Canoe
    • Mar 14, 2016 $12, 9.9oz Puffer Jacket
    • Jan 23, 2016 Broken Ankle
    • Jan 8, 2016 New Years in the Porkies
  • 2015
    • Dec 2, 2015 Gibraltar Rock
    • Nov 18, 2015 Speakers Cabin - Porcupine Mountains State Park
    • Nov 6, 2015 43 Miles in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
    • Oct 23, 2015 The Family Land
    • Sep 26, 2015 Devil's Lake Loop