Trackers NW Blog

What is the purpose of a blade made from black volcanic glass? When you flake pieces from obsidian, removing bits to find an arrowhead or knife, you fashion edges up to one molecule thick. It would shatter if you tried to carve wood with it. No, this edge is meant to cut something else. A much more visceral part of survival. As we butcher the buffalo, we absolutely need obsidian knives to remove the monstrously thick hide. In modern surgery doctors use obsidian blades up to 500 times sharper then…

At a recent taster day at Lost Valley Education Center the gray sky poured buckets of rain. In the early morning all our instructors looked laconically outside, wondering how new students would fare through the deluge. Tasters are supposed to be about inspiring people. They're the first step in a courting process, one where we see if Trackers…