About Tracker School
The Tracker School was founded in 1978 by Tom
Brown Jr, Americas most renowned Tracker, and
Wilderness Survival expert. Based on the teachings
of Stalking Wolf, the Apache elder from whom
Tom began teaching, when he was seven years
old, the school has expanded to include over
75 classes, divided into eight course tracks,
of the teachings that Grandfather passed to
tom.
Letter from Tom
Dear Prospective Student,
I want to thank you for your interest in our
school. As you know, our school is based on
my experience of living in the wilderness and
the teachings of Stalking Wolf, encompassing
over 20 years of my life. Many of these teachings
are discussed in my books, and I strongly recommend
that you read these books before you register.
This school is not for everyone. You must be
prepared to see your life and the things around
you in a different light; if you are, then apply.
We will grow together. I believe that if you
want to be "one" with the Earth it
is not enough to just have good survival skills,
but to strive for a more rounded combination
of philosophy and skills. That is why each of
my courses covers equally the three major categories
of survival: tracking, nature observation, and
awareness. In my experience, I know that the
new or beginning student can not easily survive
in pure wilderness. Thus, the Standard class
emphasizes skills, techniques, and workshops
that will bring your skills up to a proficient
level. The more difficult skills and pure survival
living come later, in the more advanced courses.
Though I strongly believe in good physical conditioning
and pushing oneself beyond one's expected limits,
I feel that this is an individual pursuit and
should come later, after the basic skills are
mastered. If you are looking for a survival
school that concentrates on hard core survival
and self denial, then this school is not for
you. There are plenty of survival schools in
the world that stress "the push,"
and I suggest that you attend one of them rather
than our school. In pure survival there is no
want or debilitation, for the perfection of
skills makes any survival situation easy. If,
on the other hand, you are looking for a closer
attachment to the Earth, and the skills and
philosophy that will help you live in harmony
and balance with Creation, then come join us.
All Good Medicine,
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Grandfather
Stalking Wolf was raised free of the
reservations in the mountains of northern
Mexico. Born in the 1870's during a time
of great warfare and violence, he was
part of a band of Lipan Apache that never
surrendered. He was taught the traditional
ways of his people and became a shaman
and a scout. When he was twenty a vision
sent him away from his people, and for
the next sixty-three years he wandered,
seeking teachers and learning the old
ways of many native peoples, and others
who lived close to the earth. Stalking
Wolf traveled the length and breadth of
the Americas, following the Creators call.
He never held a job, drove a car, paid
taxes, or participated in modern society.
When he was eighty-three years old, he
encountered a small boy gathering fossils
in a stream bed. He recognized that boy
as the person with whom he would spend
his final years, and to whom he would
teach all that he knew. That boy was Tom
Brown, Jr. Tom became the recipient of
not only all that Stalking Wolf had learned
during his travels, but the distillation
of hundreds of years of Apache culture
as well. These are the teachings that
Tom passes on at his famous Tracking,
Nature, and Wilderness Survival School.
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