How to Read a Tree

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

When you’re walking in the woods, you’re often surrounded by trees. But you probably don’t notice them much, and when you do spot some irregularity, like a strange bulge in the trunk of a tree, you likely don’t have any idea how it got there. But my guest says that these trees you’re passing by have all kinds of stories to share, and once you learn their language, they can tell you all sorts of secrets about the world, and even help you navigate it. Tristan Gooley is an adventurer, expedition leader, natural navigator, and author of How to Read a Tree. Today on the show, he unpacks the clues in a tree’s shape, branches, bark, roots, and leaves, what they can tell you about the environment, and how they can help you find your way. We also talk about what looking at a tree stump can reveal, the hidden seasons in trees, and the first place to look in a tree to spy fall foliage. We end our conversation with how to get started with reading trees today.

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0:00.0	Buret McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:11.8	When you're walking in the woods, you're often surrounded by trees, but you probably
0:15.3	don't notice them much, and when you do spot some of your regularity, like a strange
0:18.9	bulge in the trunk of a tree, you likely don't have any idea how it got there.
0:23.1	But my guess says that these trees you're passing by have all kinds of stories to share,
0:26.7	once you learn their language, they can tell you all sorts of secrets about the world,
0:30.7	and even help you navigate it.
0:32.5	Tristan Gouli is an adventurer, expedition leader, natural navigator, and author of How
0:37.2	to Read a Tree.
0:38.2	To tell you the show, he impacts the clues in a tree's shape, branches, bark, roots, and
0:42.7	leaves.
0:43.7	What they can tell you about the environment and how they can help you find your way.
0:47.6	We also talk about what looking at a tree stump can reveal, the hidden seasons and trees,
0:51.5	and the first place to look at a tree to spy fall foliage.
0:55.1	We inter-conversation with how to get started with reading trees today.
0:58.2	Out of the shows over, check out our show notes at aowim.is slash read a tree.
1:21.7	Alright, Tristan Gouli, welcome back to the show.
1:25.2	Thanks Brett.
1:26.2	We've had you on the podcast a few times to talk about how to navigate your world just
1:30.6	by looking at your environment.
1:33.0	You got a new book along the same lines, but this is called How to Read a Tree, Clues and
1:37.8	Patterns from Bark to Leafs.
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