Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index.
1. A Secret at the Heart of the Universe. Location of the Secret. Content of the Secret. Wild Heart -- 2. Value in Mountains. Tracking Clarence King through Space and Time. You Can't Fall Off Mountains. Tracking Moses on His Way to Sinai. Photographic Reclimb -- 3. Lost Borders. The Mesa Trail. Saturated with the Elements. The Language of the Hills. Mrs. Walker. The Soundness of Nature. Side Trip: The Loneliest Road in America. The Road. Fences. The Terrain. Nowhere. Home Farm. Mt. Moriah -- 4. The Closer You Get to Real Matter. Real Matter. The Practice. The Hike. Dharma Bum. Beat Christian. Hershey Bars -- 5. Coming Round the Mountain. Before. Stages 1-10. After -- 6. Real Matter, Real Self. Real Self. Unreal Self