L'antica arte di trovare la strada
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Tristan Gooley non ha scritto un semplice libro sul viaggio e sull'orientamento, ma un'opera raffinata sull'osservazione della natura e sul piacere della sua scoperta. "L'antica arte di trovare la strada" attinge alla storia, alla scienza, al mito e al folclore per introdurci a un sapere prezioso e ancestrale: la capacità di viaggiare facendo ricorso esclusivamente ai segnali dell'ambiente che ci circonda. La "navigazione naturale" - il viaggio senza cartine, bussola o GPS - comporta una nuova visione del mondo, che mette in gioco tutti i cinque sensi. Per capire dove si è e qual è la direzione giusta; interpretare gli effetti di sole, vento e acqua; orientarsi ovunque, in campagna e in città, nei boschi e sul mare, nel deserto o sulla neve. Preciso nella descrizione scientifica ed evocativo nella divagazione letteraria, Gooley ci rivela come un viaggio, o anche una semplice passeggiata, possa trasformarsi in un'avvincente esperienza fisica e mentale.
- ISBN: 8878878227
- Casa Editrice: Vallardi
- Pagine: 269
- Data di uscita: 14-06-2012
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Fantastic guide to learning how to use natural cues to orient yourself and hold a course, but goes beyond this to help anyone enjoy the outdoors even if you don't need to use the skills for navigation. The author doesn't just give a list of rule-of-thumb pointers in nature, but starts the discussion Leggi tutto
I did't like - and couldn't finish - this book. I was expecting a manual helping you using Nature to orientate, but that is not the case. Most of the book is wasted in storytelling, carefully used to glue you without giving much information about how to orientate using natural clues. This book is ma Leggi tutto
Brilliant book - very readable and well researched. Draws upon rare earlier books and a lot of first hand experience, then presented clearly and with passion. This will become a classic. Tristan practices what he teaches and has over the years assimilated a lot from earlier books, such as http://www. Leggi tutto
The first 20 pages or so are quite interesting however it definitely isn’t a beginners book. Couldn’t bring myself to finish reading it
A for informative, D for engaging. Even adjusting my standards for a work of non-fiction whose objective is clearly to inform and not to entertain, this was a tough read. There is no doubt that Mr. Gooley is a passionate expert in natural navigation. And I learned a lot, some of which I hope to retai Leggi tutto
This interesting book deals with a topic I had never considered by itself - natural navigation using only natural landmarks and signs. I consider navigation quite regularly since I enjoy hiking and other outdoor activities, but normally I had viewed what the author calls "natural navigation" as just Leggi tutto
I actually started with the How To Read a Tree book in this collection, but recommend this as your starting point. The author will begin your journey into natural navigation with this book. Tristan Gooley isn’t so much teaching you with this book, but rather taking you on a journey of natural naviga Leggi tutto
"'When I stay in one place I can hardly think at all,' wrote Jean-Jacques Rousseau." (6) "Landmark navigation, then, is the first system for wayfaring without instruments: All we need to do is remember where the local landmarks are, relative to each other & our destination. There is one huge weakness Leggi tutto
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