I’M QUINCY KOETZ

An outdoorsman and Nurse Practitioner living in Northern California. When I first started this blog, I was an EMT living in Southern California and this blog has followed...

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 By Quincy Koetz

Hiking the Willow Creek trail up Harney Peak, South Dakota

Day: 19 Miles: 3,560 Location: Harney Peak, Black Hills, South Dakota Harney Peak, the highest mountain in South Dakota Another day, another State Highpoint climbed! If you haven’t figured it out by now, I am trying to climb the 50 state highpoints of the United States. This is another one of my life long goals...

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Caving in Jewel Cave and Wind Cave

Day: 17-18 Miles: 3,500ish Locations: Wind Cave National Park and Jewel Cave National Monument, Black Hills, South Dakota Boxwork in Wind Cave This journey has finally taken me underground! My adventures have brought me to South Dakota and the famed Black Hills. Famed mostly to road-trippers and rock climbers! The Black Hills are somewhat of a...

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Exploring and Hiking Yellowstone in the Spring II

Day: 14 Miles: 3,004 Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Strange colors I’ve been on the road for two weeks officially! Two weeks ago I was setting off from Southern California and driving through the desert. Now I’m sitting here in Jackson, Wyoming enjoying a well needed beer right downtown! Its been a heck of a...

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