NOLS Wilderness Wisdom

By John Gookin

Book Overview

More than 1,000 quotes from close to 600 sources in categories ranging from leadership to diversity and inclusion to environmental ethics to expedition planning139 new quotesEasy to pack and carryQuotations from environmentalists, nature writers, athletes, and public figures as diverse as Mahatma Gandhi and Albert EinsteinCompiled by National Outdoor Leadership School instructors with themes based on NOLS curriculumFor hikers, climbers, paddlers, and other outdoor enthusiasts looking for inspiration as they meet the challenges of the wilderness

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811710963
• ISBN13: 9780811710961
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.6" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Very (compactly) good!

This small packable book, easy to carry because of its' size, includes almost 1,000 quotations, all organized around NOLS's wilderness education curriculum. Quotes from: Albert Einstein, Ernest Shackleton, Edward Abbey, Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, Barry Lopez, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Rachel Carson, Aldo Leopold, Plato, Wallace Stegner, Morris Udall, - to name a very few.! The quotes are divided up into 130 chapters addressing areas of thought - such as: beauty, biodiversity, endurance, failure and success, individuality, taking risks, natural rhythms, oceans, self-awareness, etc.