Ray returns to his mother's home for Christmas, hitchhiking and riding trains, hobo-style, across the United States of America. The two then return to Berkeley and have several experiences, supported by a wide circle of friends, sharing everything from ideas to girlfriends. While the experienced hiker Japhy easily reaches the summit, the neophyte climber Ray clings to a ledge a hundred feet from the summit, too terrified to move. The two men, joined by Henry Morley, an eccentric librarian, go on a mountain climbing adventure. Ray and Japhy forge a strong friendship based on mutual experiences and a shared love for Buddhist philosophy, poetry and the simple life. Ray meets the younger Japhy Ryder, a student of Zen Buddhism and outdoors enthusiast. Ray Smith, a mid-thirties East Coast beat writer gaining national attention, travels to Berkeley, California and lives with Alvah Goldbook, an East Coast beat poet at the beginning of his career.
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