About Tristan Gooley
Tristan Gooley is a writer, explorer and navigator.
He is the author of The Natural Navigator, one of the world’s only books on natural navigation, and The Natural Explorer, which is being published by Sceptre in March 2012. He has written for the BBC, the New York Times, Geographical Magazine, Yachting Monthly, The Financial Times and many other periodicals.
Tristan has led expeditions in five continents, climbed mountains in Europe, Africa and Asia, sailed small boats across oceans and piloted small aircraft to Africa and the Arctic.
He is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and the Royal Geographical Society.
Prior to setting up a natural navigation school, Tristan gained extensive experience in the travel industry and is currently the Vice Chairman of Trailfinders.
Tristan has appeared on TV and radio programmes in the UK and internationally, including The Today Programme, Countryfile, Excess Baggage, Country Tracks, Ramblings, Open Country and All Roads Lead Home.
Listen to a BBC Radio 4 interview with Tristan here.
