Tristan Gooley

Tristan Gooley (born 1973) is a British writer on natural navigation.[1][2][3][4][5]

He has a BA in history and politics (1996) from Newcastle University,[6][7] and is a fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and of the Royal Geographical Society.[8] He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro while in his teens,[2] and is the second person, after Steve Fossett (1944-2007), to have both sailed solo and flown solo across the Atlantic; as of 2023, he is the only living person to have done so.[8][9]

Has walked with the Dayak in Borneo[10] and in 2009 studied and practiced natural navigation methods with the Tuareg in the Libyan Sahara.[11]

In 2012 led a short-handed small boat voyage, from the Orkney Islands into the Arctic Circle, to test Viking methods and determine whether nature can help a navigator estimate their distance from land.[12]

In 2020 was awarded the Harold Spencer-Jones Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of Navigation in recognition of an outstanding contribution to navigation.[13]

Has written for the New York Times, the Sunday Times, the Wall Street Journal and the BBC.

He is married to Sophie and they have two sons. They live in Eartham, West Sussex.[3]

Gooley is vice-chairman of Trailfinders, the travel agency founded in 1970 by his father Sir Michael Gooley (knighted in 2021 for services to business and charity).[14][15]


Selected publications

Books
  • Gooley, Tristan (2011). The natural navigator. London: Virgin. ISBN 9781905264940.
  • Gooley, Tristan (2013). The natural explorer. London: Sceptre. ISBN 9781444720310.
  • Gooley, Tristan (2014). The walker's guide to outdoor clues and signs : their meaning and the art of making predictions and deductions. London. ISBN 9781444780086.
  • Gooley, Tristan (2014). How to connect with nature. London. ISBN 9780230768079.
  • Gooley, Tristan (2017). How to read water : clues and patterns from puddles to the sea. London. ISBN 9781473615229.
  • Gooley, Tristan (2022). The secret world of weather : how to read signs in every cloud, breeze, hill, street, plant, animal, and dewdrop. Sceptre. ISBN 9781529339581.
  • Gooley, Tristan (2023). How to Read a Tree : clues & patterns from roots to leaves. [S.l.]: Sceptre. ISBN 978-1529339598.

Articles

References
  1. Cox, Tom (18 July 2014). "My lesson in countryside detective work – and how not to get lost". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. Barrell, Sarah (11 May 2021). "Natural navigation: an expert reveals how to read the weather on your next trip". National Geographic. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. "Who is 'natural navigator' Tristan Gooley?". Sussex Life. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. Phillips, Adrian (10 March 2012). "A guided tour with the Natural Navigator". The Independent. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. Hamilton, Chloe (1 February 2019). "Meet the man who has ditched maps and uses nature to navigate". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  6. Gooley, Tristan (2023). How to Read a Tree : clues & patterns from roots to leaves. London: Sceptre. ISBN 978-1529339598.
  7. "Inspirational Alumni". www.ncl.ac.uk. Newcastle University. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  8. "Tristan Gooley". The Natural Navigator. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  9. Gooley, Tristan (April 2008). "Double Atlantic" (PDF). Yachting Monthly. pp. 60–64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  10. Arbuthnot, Leaf. "A puddle whisperer plumbing the depths". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  11. "Natural Navigation with the Tuareg in the Libyan Sahara". The Natural Navigator. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  12. Gooley, Tristan (March 2013). "Nature's Radar". The Journal of Navigation. 66 (2): 161–179. doi:10.1017/S0373463312000495. ISSN 0373-4633.
  13. "Awards - Royal Institute of Navigation". rin.org.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  14. "Tristan Gooley". Sophie Hicks Agency. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  15. "Trailfinders founder Mike Gooley knighted". Travel Weekly. 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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