Get Lost
10 x 30 BBC 3
In a world where a map is one click away, satellite navigation is the new must have accessory and where mobile phones have made getting stranded virtually impossible, are we letting technology destroy our natural human instincts? Tristan Gooley seems to think so.
In this enlivening factual entertainment format, Tristan gives a group of ‘Nature’s No-Hopers’ a week long crash course in natural navigation- the ancient art of getting from A to B using only the clues that Mother Nature has left for them. The No-Hopers then have to put the skills they have learnt to the test as they are dropped 10 miles from base and must find their way back unaided.
How will the No-Hopers cope without their preciuos sat-navs? Will Tristan be able to put them back in touch with nature? Will the No-Hopers even make it back to base?!
Tristan has long held a passion for natural navigation and his interest stems from his hands on experience. He has led five expeditions in five continents, climbed mountains in Europe, Africa, Asia, sailed small boats across oceans and piloted small aircraft to Africa and the Arctic. As well as all this, he has just set up his own natural navigation school on the South Downs. Tristan is a gentle, friendly man whose overwhelming passion for the outside transfers to everyone who meets him.
If anyone can salvage the No-Hopers from the chaos of the modern world, Tristan can.
May 24, 2010 at 2:53 pm |
Interesting concept. We will need additional challenges if this is to play over 13 weeks though.