Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley: Develop Your Tree Reading Skills

About this episode

Tristan Gooley discusses his expertise in natural navigation and his latest book on tree reading.

Tristan Gooley is a New York Times best selling author of How to Read Water, How To Read Nature, The Natural Navigator, The Lost Art of |Reading Nature’s signs, and The Secret World of Weather. Today we are going to talk to Tristan about his latest book How to Read a Tree. Tristan Gooley is a leading expert on natural navigation, and his passion for the subject stems from his hands on experience. He has led expeditions in 5 continents, climbed mountains in Europe, Africa, and Asia: sail...

People in this episode

Guest: Tristan Gooley

Topics covered

• natural navigation
• tree reading
• nature
• expeditions
• outdoor skills

Keywords

• New York Times best selling author
• How to Read a Tree
• How to Read Water
• The Natural Navigator

Mentioned in this episode

Products: How to Read a Tree, How to Read Water, The Natural Navigator

Books & works: How to Read Water, How To Read Nature, The Natural Navigator, The Lost Art of |Reading Nature’s signs, The Secret World of Weather, How to Read a Tree

Places: Europe, Africa, Asia

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