Road Cycling: The Blue Ridge High Country
Tim Murphy, who originally trained as a journalist at UNC-Chapel Hill, has worked as a reporter and photographer for three small newspapers in North Carolina. For the last 24 years, he has been a high-school guidance counselor. He is the webmaster and promotions coordinator for the Brushy Mountain Cyclists Club and writes a regular column on cycling for the Wilkes CountyJournal-Patriotnewspaper. He has lived in Wilkes County, located in the Blue Ridge foothills, since 1976.