The Outrider Reading Group is a collective of readers, writers and reviewers scouting the frontiers of written communication.
Friday, October 19, 2012
The Natural Navigator
This book explains how to find your way without GPS or even compasses, but with shadows, stars, tides, plants, clouds, the moon, the sun and wild animals. Also known as ‘wayfinding,’ natural navigation techniques can be used on land, sea or in mid-air.
Here's a good example of "natural navigation" at work in the Florida Everglades.
The Natural Navigator
The Rediscovered Art of Letting Nature Be Your Guide
by Tristan Gooley
Linden Publishing, 2012