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The Dirtbag Diaries

Justin Krompier: Just Passin' Through

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Gazing out at the magnificent coastline of Big Sur, Justin Krompier realized his day job wasn't going to cut it.  Following a decades long battle with drug addiction, Justin decided to take a leap of faith, leaving the stability of a 9-5 for a life of adventure on the road with his camera.  Support comes from ⁠Darn Tough⁠ Free shipping on any order with code DIRTBAG Kuat Racks  Oboz  Ka’Chava New customers get $20 off an order of 2 bags or more at https://kachava.com  Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today.

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0:00.0

Stay tuned after the episode for an update on the Boundary Waters in our recent and then what.

0:05.8

Marco, we've managed to set up our computers, even though the technology world is trying to foil us today.

0:13.5

It only took us 20 minutes.

0:15.7

I know. It's like coaching a grandparent or something.

0:20.4

We've got a cool story today.

0:22.3

Yeah, we have a really fantastic interview with a guy named Justin Cronpier.

0:28.3

He's a landscape photographer, adventurer, van lifer, some extent.

0:33.7

And I don't think he would call himself this, but I think he is somewhat of an influencer.

0:38.5

I think his Instagram certainly influences people.

0:41.5

Yeah, he knows how to tell a story online.

0:44.4

Let's put it that way.

0:45.7

Yeah, and actually, Fitz, you were the one who kind of brought up this idea in the first place

0:49.1

to track Justin down and get him on a mic, so I'm curious what sparked the idea to want to interview

0:55.3

him. Yeah, I can't remember how exactly I came to connect with Justin, but it was like kind of one of

1:03.5

those random wormholes that sometimes I will follow down on the internet. And it was like

1:08.9

comments and we traded some DMs and I don't know I just

1:13.4

kind of followed along on Justin's journey for a long time and I was you know that it's it's

1:20.8

wild because I think good stories they allow you to have empathy for somebody else's perspective

1:27.1

or somebody else's path through life.

1:29.6

And I think great stories allow you to not just have empathy or to kind of like walk in

1:36.6

someone else's shoes for a moment, but they make you think, what would I do?

1:41.3

Given those set of circumstances or those sets of situations, how would I have

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