Tristan Gooley is a writer and navigator who has led expeditions to five continents. He has more than two decades of outdoor experience including research among tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on earth. In this information packed paperback, he has gathered more than 850 tips for navigation, forecasting, tracking, and nature walks.
In order to read nature’s signs, it is necessary to exercise our spiritual capacities for attention, beauty, being present, connections, hospitality, openness, questing, and wonder. Gooley is a clear-eyed and clear-headed guide to the multi-splendored natural world of land, sun, moon, stars, plants, animals, sky, and clouds. And as if that is not enough, he throws in walks in cities and useful appendices.
We love trees and were fascinated with his comments on woodlands, the shape of trees, roots, bark, leaves, time and trees, and fire. This is the unusual kind of book that makes the perfect gift for family or friends who are nature lovers or experienced explorers of wild and rugged places.
