Readers of master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley have learned that the world is filled with clues to look for--we can use the Big Dipper to tell time, for example, and a budding flower to find south. But what about the innate survival instincts that told Gooley to move on one night, just as he was about to make camp? Everything looked perfect, but something felt wrong. When Gooley returned to his abandoned campsite to search for clues, there they were: All of the tree trunks were slightly bent. The ground had already shifted once in a storm--and could easily shift again, becoming treacherous in heavy rain.

The Nature Instinct shows us how Gooley and other expert observers--from hunters in the English countryside to the Pygmy people in the Congo--have recovered and rekindled this lost "sixth sense;" a subconscious, deeper understanding of our surroundings. By training ourselves through slow, careful observation, we too can unlock this kind of intuition--for finding the forest's edge when deep in the woods, or knowing when a wild animal might pose danger--without even having to stop to think about it.

Publisher's note: The Nature Instinct was published in the UK under the title Wild Signs and Star Paths.

Author: Tristan Gooley
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Experiment
Published: 11/20/2018
Series: Natural Navigation
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.70w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781615194797


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/23/2018
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2018
Library Journal 08/01/2018 pg. 116
Foreword 08/26/2018
Choice 05/01/2019
Shelf Awareness 11/09/2018

About the Author
TRISTAN GOOLEY is the New York Times-bestselling author of How to Read a Tree, 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. He has led expeditions on five continents, climbed mountains in three, and is the only living person to have both flown and sailed solo across the Atlantic. His more than two decades of pioneering outdoor experience include research among tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on Earth.