#343: How to Read Nature — Awakening Your Senses to the Outdoors

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 28 September 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Nature. Even if you're an avid outdoorsman, you likely take it for granted. When you’ve seen one tree or one blue sky, you’ve seen them all, right? Well, to those with well-trained senses, natural surroundings can actually tell you a whole lot. The leaves on a tree can tell you what direction you're headed and the smell in the air can tell you about the weather. There are bits of knowledge and fascinating signposts all around you. My guest today has spent his life observing and cataloging these small details in nature and uses them to deftly navigate the wild without a map and compass. His name is Tristan Gooley and he’s the author of several books, including "How to Read Nature." Today on the show, Tristan tells us how he got started with natural navigation and how he’s having to rediscover what was once common knowledge to our ancestors. We then dig into specific ways you can use nature to navigate or even know if there’s a storm coming soon. After listening to this show, you’ll never look at trees the same way again. I guarantee it.

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0:00.0	We're at McCay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Mamminess Podcasts Nature.
0:18.7	Even if you're avid outdoorsman, you likely take it for granted.
0:21.0	When you've seen one tree or one blue sky, you've seen them all, right?
0:23.6	Well, to those with well-trained senses, natural surroundings can actually tell you a whole
0:27.4	lot.
0:28.4	The views on a tree can tell you what direction you're headed and the smell of the air can tell
0:31.4	you about the weather.
0:32.4	There are bits of knowledge and fascinating signposts all around you out there in the wilds.
0:36.2	And my guest today has been his life observing and cataloging these small details in nature
0:40.2	and uses them to definitely navigate the wild without a map or compass.
0:44.2	His name is Tristan Groolien.
0:45.2	He's the author of several books including his latest How to Read Nature and Today on the
0:49.0	Show.
0:50.0	Tristan tells us how he got started with natural navigation and how he goes about rediscovering
0:53.8	what was once common knowledge to our ancestors.
0:56.2	He then dig into specific ways you can use nature to navigate or even know if there's
0:59.9	a storm coming soon.
1:01.3	After listening to the show, you're never going to look at trees the same way again.
1:04.4	I guarantee it.
1:05.4	And when you're done listening to the show, besides checking out trees, check out our
1:08.5	show notes at a1.ias-read-nature.
1:11.2	Alright, Tristan Groolien, welcome to the show.
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