Fritz Sprandel endured a troubled youth but found fame in exploits by land and sea. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 74°F. Thursday, July 17th 2025 Daily e-Edition.

Fritz Sprandel, a footloose and eccentric adventurer who paddled a canoe to Cuba without meaning to, drove a snowmobile across America even in places where it hadn’t snowed, and otherwise ...

Fritz Sprandel of Hamburg died this week at age 80. 69 News first brought you his story in 2023. Sprandel attempted to make a canoe trip from Staten Island to Los Angles via the Panama Canal on a ...