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Subject: To Al, writer of Tom Brown article 2006.
From: Chris XXXX
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:44 pm

At last someone who in some way [dare] to criticise (sic) Tracker School. A friend of mine who went from Europe to his course, twice, introduced me to his books. The first book I read was "way of the scout". Does the book takes its tales from a boys fantasy or is it all true, or is it a mix of both? I don't now squat about what I did when I was 7 years old, not enough anyway to write a book about it. The point is... Mr Brown has made so far the best book about tracking available (Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking (Tom Brown's Field Guides) but there is a tone of sect and guru in the way that the language when the "mother earth soceity(sic)" or what it now is called (I recieved(sic) an email where they wanted me to donate money" talks to its fans. And whenever I get a religious tone in the rhetoric I keep the distance.
All the respect [though] to the good things Tracker school contributes to making a better society. Because they do make some good things. But Mr Als criticism is in place. If you can not see the track you are not a believer and if you are not a believer you are an outsider. It is possible to track, yes if anyone knows that it is me. But it should educated in a way that is not like the kings new clothes...
All the best and big respect to Mr Al and to Tracker School. You both are doing a good job and are both needed. Because the wolf would not have been what it is without the deer and the deer would not have been what it is without the wolf.

Best regards
Chris

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Thanks, Chris, for reading and your support. I've actually read "Tom Brown's Case Files" and "The Tracker" (shortly after my first course) and found his stories are best enjoyed via the auditory sense... around a campfire, even.

.al