John Pagani is a native Northern Californian with extensive outdoors and wilderness experience in the Pacific northwest. He has hiked, climbed and camped throughout the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges, Alaska and the Canadian and North American Rocky Mountains. The author is experienced in whitewater adventures and is a strong steward of the environment. He is a lover of nature and Native American cultures.
John is a Physician, former Scoutmaster and currently resides in the Houston, Texas area. He has a loving wife, three children and two grandchildren.