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This time legally – Invited back to Snowmobile Across The Mackinac Bridge – Featuring Fritz Sprandel
After a daring crossing of the Mackinac Bridge In 1977, Fritz Sprandel was invited back to The Mackinac Bridge on December 14, 2024, to lead a pack of vintage snowmobiles as the Grand Marshall of the event. As an adventurer, who had already become a household name for some of his well- known exploits, which…
Read MoreCOAST TO COAST (VIA KITTANNING) Renowned adventurer Fritz Sprandel returns to riverside town after 47 years
Well-traveled man meets with old friend Chris Haller at Allegheny Mariner restaurant before moving on again FOR THE LEADER TIMES Dec 17, 2024 Halfway through a coast-to-coast canoe trip, in the autumn of 1978, renowned adventurer Fritz Sprandel paddled up the Allegheny River and into the Kittanning Marina. There was heated activity, lots of men…
Read MoreHaller family/Fritz Sprandel revisits area 47 years after historic visit
Fritz Sprandel to be in Kittanning Dec. 12 FOR THE LEADER TIMES Dec 14, 2024 FOGELSVILLE, Pa. – Road Less Traveled Publishing recently announced its following of Fritz Sprandel on his new adventure, Grand Marshall of the Top of the Lake Museum Mackinac Bridge Crossing on Saturday. More than 100 vintage snowmobiles will cross the…
Read MoreWhat happened to Fritz Sprandel? Allentown adventurer’s legendary exploits included canoeing the ocean and being jailed in Cuba
By DANIEL PATRICK SHEEHAN | The Morning Call UPDATED: August 17, 2024 at 10:29 p.m. Fritz Sprandel is 80 now, the age when a man in life’s twilight looks back on the sunlit days of his early years and tries to draw some conclusions about them. “I had the big drive to go forward, to do something different,”…
Read MoreFINDING FRITZ: The Heart of an Adventurer AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
FOGELSVILLE, PA – Road Less Traveled Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of the long-anticipated book, FINDING FRITZ: THE HEART OF AN ADVENTURER When celebrated adventurer, Fritz Sprandel, paddled his canoe into New York harbor on Thanksgiving Day, 1978, he capped off another headline grabbing adventure. He anticipated welcoming crowds cheering him on, as…
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