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Danny Strauss

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🧖 Wellness Founder
⛺️ Building @saunacamps
💸 Entrepreneur | Investor
🌎 62 Countries | 50 States | 41 National Parks

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Confession: I skipped leg day and hit the sauna early

📍 @commit.healthclub taken in Utrecht, Netherlands by @thedannystrauss

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The most unique hiking trip in 🇺🇸

The Chicago Basin route is one of the most famous multi-peak hiking areas in Colorado.

🚂 Getting There:

Start in Durango and buy tickets for a ride along the Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad through beautiful Southwestern Colorado– most hikers/climbers/campers ride this historic train into Needleton, a wilderness stop 6 miles and ~3,000 ft up to the Chicago Basin. It’s a big part of the adventure, but you can also hike in from Purgatory Trailhead, which adds ~15 miles each way.

🏔️ The Four Peaks

• Windom Peak (14,082 ft) – broad summit with sweeping views, often done first or last, a class 2+

• Sunlight Peak (14,059 ft) – the most technical, ending with an airy blocky summit “hop” that many consider one of the sketchiest moves on any 14er, a class 4

• Mount Eolus (14,090 ft) – famous for the Catwalk, a narrow but solid ridge traverse, a class 3

• North Eolus (14,039 ft) – a sub-summit with incredible views, usually tagged en route to or from Eolus, a class 2

⏱️ Timing:

The train from Durango takes about 2.5 hours, followed by a four hour or so trek to most of the campsites below the base of multiple 13ers & 14ers.

All four 14ers can be summited in a day, but many split them up into multiple days and base camp in the basin area. We started at about 9am and got down to camp after summitting all four around 5pm, including having lunch at Twin Lakes, up at about 12,500 feet.

The next day out, you’ll have to flag down the last train to Durango along the tracks around 3pm after the 6-mile one way trip back out of the basin.

Put this one on your hiking & camping bucket list, it’s one of the most unique routes and experiences in the world of backpacking.

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#14ers #14ersofcolorado #durango #silverton #chicagobasin #backpacking #camping #colorado #wilderness taken in Chicago Basin by @thedannystrauss

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a year ago

When half the group wanted an all-inclusive and the other half wanted a rustic Boundary Waters camping trip, so you compromise.

We spent 4 nights and 5 days exploring the Minnesota wilderness near the Canadian border by houseboat with a group of 8 of us.

It wasn’t our typical adventure, but was everything we needed because of who we did it with.

Check out @northshoresauna to purchase the sauna tent we used on this boating trip. Perfect for camping and saunas on the go by @thedannystrauss

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The coolest little fishing village in Norway feels like a time capsule.

It’s a historic village that didn’t get a road until the 1960s, but once hung 600,000 fish as one of Lofoten Islands’ fisherman hot spots during the Arctic cod winter seasons.

It also has probably the coolest cafe and little hidden gym in all of Norway, and you can sleep in these traditional red and yellow Rorbeur cabins right on the docks where the fishermen once slept.

It’s one of the least known stops in the Lofoten Islands, but arguably the most unique. taken in Nusfjord I Lofoten by @thedannystrauss

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How to use “time bucketing” to retire today.

The core concepts of the book Die with Zero by @billperkins are “time bucketing” and “memory dividends” and how the utility of money peaks at about 40, while everyone seemingly postpones their life for an imaginary and idealized retirement at 65.

But retirement is just when you stop sacrificing today for an imaginary tomorrow.

Instead of planning your life around accumulating money and saving your experiences for retirement when your body may not be up to it, spend now to get the “memory dividends.” Because you can always earn back money, but never time.

And money becomes less and less useful over time as your body & relationships change.

Some experiences belong in your 20s… this is the window of exploration, risk-taking, and budget adventure.

- Backpacking through Southeast Asia
- Hiking in the Patagonia
- Staying in hostels & on your friends couch in NYC.
- Taking risks & starting a business
- Partying until the sun comes up

Some belong in your 30s & 40s…this is the window of building & experiencing

- Spending time with your dogs & kids while they’re young
- Doing ski trips to Colorado as a family
- National Park roadtrips
- Wellness retreats to connect with others
- Visiting your parents as they age

Some belong in your 50s & 60s… this is the window of relationships & new chapters

- Walking & food tours in Europe
- Visiting your kids at college
- Family reunions with your siblings
- The big trips while your knees still work

Certain experiences have expiration dates. And more importantly, the same experience can have a radically different value depending on when you have it.

Climbing a mountain at 30 may be exhilarating. But at 75, it might be physically impossible.

Backpacking for six months is different when you’re young and unencumbered than when you have a demanding career and family responsibilities.

Traveling with your parents is an opportunity that may disappear sooner than you expect.

Having children while your own parents are alive creates a window for three generations to share experiences.

Don’t miss these windows sacrificing today for an imaginary tomorrow because it looks good taken in Norway by @thedannystrauss

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This one’s for you, Banjo. I never got to say goodbye…

Now Bug is here to follow in your footsteps, and your sudden death has made me appreciate each little moment of dog ownership that I once found mundane or frustrating. by @thedannystrauss

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The only National Park you can see by houseboat.

See it all on the water by renting a houseboat.

It’s the ultimate summer group trip.

Houseboating is one of the park’s
signature experiences.

You can cruise between islands, anchor in secluded coves, cook dinner onboard, and sleep onboard surrounded by wilderness.

There are designated overnight houseboat sites, and permits are required during the main season.

Some of the boats have hot tubs, slides, and grills. As someone who is used to backcountry camping and was hesitant to this type of glamping, I have to say it was nice to mix this type of trip in with all these amenities when doing it with a big group.

It’s one of the lesser known national parks in the country, but probably one of the most unique experiences.

We used @ebelshouseboats as the outfitter taken in Minnesota USA by @thedannystrauss

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One of America’s Best Network of Forest Service Cabins.

Most of Colorado’s historic Forest Service cabins were built for practical work in the mountains, not for recreation. Before you could reserve one for a weekend, these cabins served as the working infrastructure of the American national forests.

They housed the rangers, firefighters, trail crews, and other employees responsible for managing remote wilderness long before roads, cell service, and modern recreation facilities reached these places.

The especially interesting part is that different cabins tell different stories: some were ranger residences, some were wildfire lookout or patrol stations, and others began as mining-era homesteads before becoming public-land rentals.

Today, there are almost 50 of these cabins in Colorado, many of which are bookable on sites like Recreation.gov at very reasonable nightly rates.

All of them are rustic, so bring water, your cook gear, and sleeping bag and use them as a base for your next hiking adventure in the backcountry. taken in Colorado, USA by @thedannystrauss

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The most Northern Wisconsin experience.

📍 Burnt Bridge Tavern

@burntbridgetavern taken in Conover, Wisconsin by @thedannystrauss

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The coolest hidden surf shack. Literally, in the Arctic.

In 2010, two young Norwegian surfers built a “hobbit hut” in the side of the cliffs right here at Kvalvika Beach above the Arctic Circle in the Lofoten Islands, where they stayed off-grid for an entire winter to surf together.

For 9 months, they chased the waves and watched the Northern Lights, living off the land.

It’s a story of rejecting modern society and materialism, and learning to fall in love with the simple things.

The documentary North of the Sun tells the whole story. taken in Lofoten Islands, Norway by @thedannystrauss

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150+ year old fisherman cabins in the Lofoten Islands of Norway 🇳🇴

Sauna right on the harbor docks and jump into the Norwegian Sea to cool off.

📍 Hattvika Lodge, Ballstad

@hattvikalodge taken in Ballstad Lofoten by @thedannystrauss

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America’s best hut to hut system that rivals Europe.

The history of the 10th Mountain Division.

In 1941, the U.S. Army realized it needed to ensure its troops were capable of fighting in the European Alps’ extreme alpine terrain.

So it created the 10th Mountain Division in Colorado, where more than 11,000 soldiers trained in skiing, mountaineering, climbing, and winter warfare.

In 1945, the division deployed to the Italian Alps to fight against German forces.

Many of the veterans from this division returned back home to Colorado after the war and helped shape the ski culture we see today by becoming resort developers, ski instructors, and guides upon returning from Europe.

Inspired by Europe’s alpine hut system after the war, one of those veterans, Fritz Benedict, set out to create a network of simple mountain huts connected by ski routes, where ordinary people could spend multiple nights traveling through the mountains of Colorado.

The first huts appeared in 1982, named after former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara & his wife, who helped fund the project.

They are open to the public, and you can book one of the 38 cabins in the 10th Mountain Division Hut Association network online all winter & summer.

The one pictured here is Janet’s Cabin, which is 4 miles into the backcountry and can be accessed via skins or snowshoes from the Copper Mountain ski lifts.

This cabin sleeps 20, has large wood stove heating, propane cooking, solar lighting, and a wood-fired sauna
out back that you can ski down to.

You can book out the entire cabin, or you can join others by booking out a bed for $50/night.

The best part…

Right outside your front door is essentially a private ski mountain in the winter.

Where you can climb up and ski down and do laps all day in untouched powder. taken in Janet's 10th Mtn Cabin by @thedannystrauss

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