Man from La Mancha
12-09-2007, 11:31 PM
This is about one of best survival schools out there. I can even start a fire in the pouring rain with wet wood now. The advance winter course puts you in middle of the woods at 15*f with just a knife, shoes, shirt and pants for 30 days and one will put on wieght doing it. http://www.trackerschool.com/
http://www.trackerschool.com/status/course_image_survival.jpg
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,
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
And here is a great home to build in the most remotest parts around plus it is nearly invisible depending how its built for 1/10th the cost of a regular home. Needs very little heating or air conditioning. Oblivious to hurricanes and forest fires. http://www.undergroundhousing.com/index.html
Cut heating costs 80%
Eliminate air-conditioning costs
Shelter your family from:
Hurricane
Tornados
Earthquakes
Rampant Fire
Atomic Fallout
Mobs, gunfire, blasts, and similar results of social desintegration
Build a home that is:
Wonderfully affordable
Easy to build
In tune with nature
Solar heatable
Light, airy, sun and view filled
Blissfully quiet
Underground housing is a concept whose time has come again. Its advantages over above-ground housing are spectacular. It stays warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It blends in with nature rather than rearing above it. It can double the yard space in a city. To the neighbors it looks like a park. It is the most environmentally sound. It uses half the building materials. It is the safest form of housing: it is fire resistant, radiation resistant and is impervious to tornado and hurricane strength winds. It even does better in earthquakes.
Where are the traditional tornado shelters located? Where are the fallout shelters? Where does an army go to defend itself? In a world that is increasingly hostile, it’s really nice to know that Mother Earth herself is providing your safety.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/6a-20thous.jpg: Interior of the 5000 square foot underground house during construction.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/6-twenty.jpgSome of the windows in an eight bedroom, 5,000-square-foot underground house and greenhouse built in Idaho in the early 1980s for $20,000. Had it been built above ground at the then national building average of $50 per square foot it would have cost the family $250,000. This family saved $230,000.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/3b-woodstove.jpgThe $8,000 house shown on this page was designed and half built by Mike Oehler. The client built the other half. Mike no longer builds for clients, though he still occasionally consults or designs. All prices mentioned are from the 1970s and 1980s.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/2-8thousexter.jpgExterior of the $8,000 house. This house is entirely earthen sheltered except for door and window areas.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/3inside8thous.jpgThis interior photo of the $8,000 underground house was photographed with natural light
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/5-dutchhouse.jpgAn underground house built by Mike Oehler’s methods in Holland. Built without a permit, Inspectors circled this house and did not see it.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/UHB_LRG.JPG.jpg
http://www.trackerschool.com/status/course_image_survival.jpg
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,
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
And here is a great home to build in the most remotest parts around plus it is nearly invisible depending how its built for 1/10th the cost of a regular home. Needs very little heating or air conditioning. Oblivious to hurricanes and forest fires. http://www.undergroundhousing.com/index.html
Cut heating costs 80%
Eliminate air-conditioning costs
Shelter your family from:
Hurricane
Tornados
Earthquakes
Rampant Fire
Atomic Fallout
Mobs, gunfire, blasts, and similar results of social desintegration
Build a home that is:
Wonderfully affordable
Easy to build
In tune with nature
Solar heatable
Light, airy, sun and view filled
Blissfully quiet
Underground housing is a concept whose time has come again. Its advantages over above-ground housing are spectacular. It stays warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It blends in with nature rather than rearing above it. It can double the yard space in a city. To the neighbors it looks like a park. It is the most environmentally sound. It uses half the building materials. It is the safest form of housing: it is fire resistant, radiation resistant and is impervious to tornado and hurricane strength winds. It even does better in earthquakes.
Where are the traditional tornado shelters located? Where are the fallout shelters? Where does an army go to defend itself? In a world that is increasingly hostile, it’s really nice to know that Mother Earth herself is providing your safety.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/6a-20thous.jpg: Interior of the 5000 square foot underground house during construction.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/6-twenty.jpgSome of the windows in an eight bedroom, 5,000-square-foot underground house and greenhouse built in Idaho in the early 1980s for $20,000. Had it been built above ground at the then national building average of $50 per square foot it would have cost the family $250,000. This family saved $230,000.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/3b-woodstove.jpgThe $8,000 house shown on this page was designed and half built by Mike Oehler. The client built the other half. Mike no longer builds for clients, though he still occasionally consults or designs. All prices mentioned are from the 1970s and 1980s.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/2-8thousexter.jpgExterior of the $8,000 house. This house is entirely earthen sheltered except for door and window areas.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/3inside8thous.jpgThis interior photo of the $8,000 underground house was photographed with natural light
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/5-dutchhouse.jpgAn underground house built by Mike Oehler’s methods in Holland. Built without a permit, Inspectors circled this house and did not see it.
http://www.undergroundhousing.com/images/UHB_LRG.JPG.jpg