La vocación de perderse

From his first mountain crossings, the explorer Franco Michieli realized that accepting the fact of getting lost and ending up on an unexpected and unknown path is a good way to renew himself. As long as we follow signposted itineraries, we will have no way of knowing what would happen if we looked for the path by reading only nature, interpreting the landforms as they appear to us, observing the movements of the stars, deciphering the river networks or navigating through the fog according to the direction. of the wind. This passionate essay delves into how we can recover the natural orientation skills of our ancestors and reflects on the spiritual dimension that arises from that extraordinary and forgotten experience.