Tracking is a state of mind more than anything else, and there are some simple tools I use to move into that state. Several basic principles of tracker mind enable this shift into a more engaged and connected relationship with nature, whether I’m alone or with a group. These are: 1–Giving voice to gratitude […]Read Post ›
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Going Feral Sometimes I make a shift when I go for a walk, just after starting out. I call it “going feral.” It does not take much: just a slight lean in a certain direction, a quick thought, a pause and a glance around. It can be a few steps down a trail, or a […]Read Post ›
The Abbott’s Dunes are like one of those old Disney nature movies where the stroke of a brush across the canvas would paint entire landscapes. The weather and seasons are the brush. The track patterns change in pulses. One month it’s all rodents and bobcats. Another month it’s all skunks and opossums. It was all […]Read Post ›
There was a bobcat trail across the sand the other day, a slow steady stride, a walking pace, laid down before dawn when the surface of the sand was wet with dew. After the day warmed up and the sand dried, the wet surface had turned into a thin crust that held its integrity late […]Read Post ›
Point Reyes Tracking School 