David the Gnome5thMarch
I really enjoy walking in the woods with my friend David. While I know he holds an incredible breadth of skill and awareness, it's more that his knowledge blooms from constant awe and attentiveness. When I track with David, it feels like we're having a conversation with the animals, land and what's wild around us.
When I track with self or officially certified naturalists, trackers or wilderness skills instructors they seem mostly there to measure, explore abstract ideas and prove they're well their way to knowing it all (even if they make alms to the contrary). It bores me when someone sounds more like a field guide/professor and less like the wild they should be following.
Ironically, despite his skill, David never wants to teach. The only validation he requires is being in the woods with good people. Because of the mature caring and competence he represents, David is truly an unsung founder of Trackers and what it aspires to become.
Please Note David Jacobson is not really a Gnome but the reference made sense for the title.
Featured programs…
Full-Time Program: Try a Day March 21 We shuttle you to the Trackers Homestead. Track bear with us, train survival skills and learn more about our TrackersTEAMS programs.
Build a Kayak for Less April or May Our traditional kayak building courses used to cost $1250. Now they're only $875. We accomplished this by finally owning our own woodshop (rent costs less overall) and transitioning to quality recycled and salvaged materials (we got a planer and a chainsaw mill for driftwood).
Program Calendar…
Paleolithic Primer: Primitive Tech Series Mar 27-28
Edible Wild: Spring Greens Mar 28
Primitive Pottery Primer May 1-2 & 8
Wilderness Survival Basics May 8-9
Wilderness Survival Weekend Overnight May 28-30
Find more wilderness skills programs here
