About the Author Johnny Molloy is a writer and adventurer based in nearby Johnson City, Tennessee.
His outdoor passion started on a backpacking trip in Great Smoky Mountains National Park while attending the University of Tennessee.
That first foray unleashed love of the outdoors that has led Molloy to spending most of his time hiking, backpacking, canoe camping and tent camping for the past three decades.
Friends enjoyed his outdoor adventure stories; one even suggested h.