The presence of a future past
“There are some things no one can bear. I meddled in all the possible futures I could create until, finally, they created me.”
2025: The Year I Step into My Full Potential
Every journey has a tipping point—a moment where all the steps taken, all the trials faced, and all the lessons learned culminate into something greater. For me, 2025 is that year. It is the year I will finally step into my full potential and share with the world everything I’ve spent a lifetime practicing and perfecting. It is the year my father’s legacy will find new life through our hands, my lens, and my voice.
California, Bobcat on the hunt
A Lifetime in the Making
For most of my life, I’ve immersed myself in the wilderness, teaching others how to live in harmony with nature and capturing the beauty of untamed landscapes through my photography. This hasn’t just been a career; it’s been a calling. Every moment in the field, every lesson taught, every photo taken has been a step toward mastering a craft that feels as ancient and alive as the forests and mountains themselves.
Yet, 2025 isn’t just about me. It’s about honoring the purity of my father’s vision. He was a man who sparked a worldwide movement, teaching countless people about ancestral living skills, nature connection, conservation, and most importantly of all the way of the caretaker. His work planted seeds in countless hearts, seeds that grew into thriving schools, communities, and personal transformations. As I step forward this year, I carry with me not just my own dreams, but the weight of his legacy and the stories of those he inspired. I look forward to meeting some of you and recording an interview and that will become part of the digital history of the Tracker school which will be an online interactive website where you will be able to see thousands of photos from over 40 years plus so much more. I am hosting a free two hour Zoom event to celebrate my father's birthday on January 29 from 1 to 3 PM Pacific. Click here if you want to join one thing to remember is that even with my free events, you still have to click the shopping cart icon after registering so that it will send you the link to the meeting. I hope to see many of you there as I plan to share stories, unpublished writings of my fathers, and I also want to hear your stories as well.
The last few years have been a journey of profound transformation. I’ve learned so much—most of it the hard way—forcing me to adapt, innovate, and gain perspective in ways I never imagined. This path has been anything but easy. I’ve faced challenges ranging from individuals creating fake social media accounts to flagging my posts in an attempt to suppress my work. I’ve had to defend my stepmother, Celeste, and my family’s honor, while exposing the intentions of those who misuse this work to seek power, fame, and influence.
My father is not at peace right now. More than ever, we need true warriors of the light, those committed to exposing corruption and safeguarding the purity of this vision. We need people in our circle who uplift us, who encourage us to reach our highest potential—not those who climb on the shoulders of others to elevate themselves.
On both personal and professional levels, I refuse to stoop to the level of the emotionally immature—those quick to judge, gossip, and tear others down, yet unwilling to have honest, direct conversations. Instead, they waste their energy on idle gossip, blind to the harm they inflict on me and others walking this path.
Over these years, I’ve endured tremendous loss: the passing of my mother—the very woman responsible for the Tracker School’s existence—my father, my greatest mentor, my beloved dog of 18 years, and the parting of ways with another deeply influential teacher and partner. I have carried these burdens mostly alone. I’ve been so focused on keeping this vision alive that I haven’t even had the time to properly grieve my mother’s loss, let alone everything else. That time will come. But for now, there is too much work to be done.
I’ve learned from my mistakes. I’ve learned to plan better, to trust my instincts, and to never forget that when something sounds too good to be true, it almost always is. Yet through all this adversity, I have emerged stronger, more focused, and more aligned with my purpose than ever before.
My father’s work was never about fame or recognition; it was about purity of purpose. He believed in the transformative power of nature and the timeless wisdom of our ancestors. As I travel the country this year, I will be meeting with those whose lives he touched—students, teachers, and communities who embody his teachings in their daily lives. These stories will become part of a documentary I’m creating, a tribute to a man who changed the world by bringing people back to their roots.
Wildfire Buck: During the 2020 wildifres I captured this image while wearing a respirator as the AQI was 795
Sharing My Lifetime of Practice
2025 is the year I let the world see everything I’ve been building in the background. I’ll be teaching, live-streaming, and documenting my adventures, shining a light on the lesser-seen wild places and the extraordinary people who inhabit them. My photography will capture moments that remind us of nature’s power, beauty, and fragility. My classes will empower others to find confidence and connection in the natural world. And my next evolution of teaching will involve the hidden lessons I found in my memorabilia and some lessons. My father taught me ages ago that I'm just starting to realize the power of. I will make sure and document everything as it will become part of the digital museum of the Tracker school and will preserve the True essence of my father’s vision for generations to come.
This year isn’t just about me stepping into my potential; it’s about inviting others to do the same. Whether you’re someone who’s followed my journey, or someone discovering my work for the first time, I invite you to join me. Learn with me. Explore with me. Honor the wild with me. I did not dedicate my entire life to my craft for nothing I did so for you and for the children and grandchildren of all beings.
2025 is our year. The year where we remember who we are, where we come from, and what we’re capable of. Together, we can honor the purity of a vision that connects us all to something greater than ourselves.
Let’s make it unforgettable.
Class Schedule News
I must sincerely apologizeI must sincerely apologize for the constant shuffling of the class schedule. When I created the schedule for 2025 I imagined I would be in a far greater place of stability.
At the moment I am separated from 2/3 of the things I need to run classes, and my life. Thankfully, I got word they are being brought up to me in the next few weeks. I don't like the postpone classes, if I do so it's because, by you giving me your hard earned money, I owe you nothing less than the 100% T3 experience. Until I retrieve my belongings and can fully immerse myself in re-creating the schedule. I will be emailing each group individually after the celebration of life event for my father on the 29th.
Auction news
Felines!
As many of you are awareAs many of you are aware, my father came to me in a dream and gave me away that I cannot only help myself and my own financial situation, but give back to the roots that turned me into the tree I am today. Starting a few weeks ago, I began auctioning off some of the original illustrations from the field guides that have the drawing on the front and my father's writing on the back. The auctions have generated about $575 so far 50% of which I have sent home to the efforts to preserve the primitive camp and help the Tracker school as a transition into a new era. The portion I keep will go to fund my projects to memorize my father and teach my own classes. This is the third week of the auction and things really started to pick up last week this week. I've got some pretty epic items so go take a look by clicking here. When I am in New Jersey for my father celebration of life event, I will be running a suggested donation single day class where I will donate 100% of the proceeds to the Tracker school. There will be more news on that coming soon.
In closing..
There's a few people that I want to thank and I won't call them out my name, but to the small handful of you, who have stuck by me throughout these last four years, constantly trying to help and guide me, being there for me when I needed an anchor, taking my daily phone calls, and text messages, let me wallow in my own pity party, and then slapping the crap out of me to get my butt back to work. Thank you, Thank you. Thank you. You are truly caretakers with a capital C, and there aren't even enough words to express my gratitude for your council. I look forward to showing you all some of the lessons I've learned through my teaching, writing, and free online events throughout this year. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to contact me
Peace, love, joy, and purpose to you all,
T3