27 November 2011 by Tristan Gooley
I was going to wait until next year before getting the word out about this event, but… The Sunday Times have just very kindly spilled the beans by suggesting it as a Christmas gift.
On March 15th at The School of Life, I am going to begin the challenging business of changing the way we think about exploration.
I will be attempting, against the odds, to wrest exploration back from those who think it is all about racing to summits or unhealthily-long relationships with camels.
By looking at the experiences of some of the most insightful travellers of the past 2000 years, I will be showing how it is possible to raise our levels of awareness to new heights and make discoveries in the most unlikely places.
All being well, exploration will return to its roots and become, once more, about a sense of discovery on our journeys, large…
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Tags: exploration, sunday times, The School of Life, travel writing |
21 February 2010 by Tristan Gooley
I was at the Royal Geographical Society for the Travellers’ Tales Festival yesterday, to give a talk about my book. Less than a fortnight until it hits the shops!
I arrived early to listen to some of the other speakers, including the National Geographic photographer, Frans Lanting. The speakers’ notes are very explicit about not running over your alotted time, but Frans was on a serious roll. That guy is not short of slides. It was enjoyable but as it shot past it’s slot, and then on some, enjoyable though it was I had to nip out. I’d inspected the schedule for the day and had a plan of sorts; listen to this talk, pop out for a bit to meet a friend, return for my talk at 3.30 etc.
In the nicest possible way it all went wrong. Outrageous name-dropping time…
In the speakers’ waiting room (called…
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Tags: book, Frans Lanting, Jan Morris, rgs, royal geographical society, travel writing, Travellers' Tales Festival |
