Oct 082009
Near the swim area at the Tracker Schools primitive camp.
Stayed an extra two weeks at the Tracker School to volunteer for a “back-to-back” series – one week of the advanced standard class followed by another week of the advanced tracking class. Volunteering at the Tracker school is definitely a piece of work and I left exhausted but it was well worth it. I really can’t begin to describe what an awesome experience I had these last two weeks. Tom Brown was very involved with the classes and focused a lot on the spiritual and physical mind duality and how it relates to survival skills and tracking. It was incredible, there were things happening in the background that are impossible to describe and reducing it down to a sentence does no justice to the concepts or the skills covered over the two weeks. Unfortunately I don’t have the time to hash out everything that’s going through my mind. Just have to save it for another time.
Charles River Sailing club, I set sail from here a few times.
From the NJ Pine Barrens I headed North to stay with my sister in Boston for a couple days. Much to my surprise I was able to I find the remains of a debris hut I built several years ago in the Needham woods. Spent a rather dull Sunday evening in Harvard Square. I was hoping to run into a few old friends but honestly it’s been so long since I’ve seen most of my Boston buddies I could have passed right by them on the subway and not even noticed it. I also made my way down to Plymouth Plantation before heading to New Hampshire to visit with my mom who is recovering from surgery.
A photo of the remains of a debris hut I built in the Needham woods.
There’s a lot of ideas and notions floating around in my head from the experience of the last few weeks. I’m way too busy to process them now. When I return to Indiana it will be full on preparation for winter, which up here in New Hampshire does not feel very far away at all. If my computer does not freeze I should have plenty of time to organize my thoughts and actually post a few practical articles.
Tomorrow I’m heading into the White Mountains. Unpredictable weather, possible snow next week.
Hey Aaron,
I sure want to hear all the details about this. “Tom Brown was very involved with the classes and focused a lot on the spiritual and physical mind duality and how it relates to survival skills and tracking.”
Maybe you can share if you make it to Charlottes?
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