This book is about my rediscovery of a region that provided me with the means to become a better human being, even if I didn’t realize it at the time. Mount Roraima Tepui, known as the “Mother of All Waters” in the Pemon language, became my sanctuary, and this book encompasses the most evident aspects of the flat- topped sandstone mountain, from its biology, weather, natural history and the culture who belongs to the mountain.