Mount LeConte hiking records, compiled by Tom Layton (LeConteLog@gmail.com)

There are close to a hundred people who have climbed a verrtical mile on Mount Le Conte. Only a few have done it more than once. Constance Perry joined the club on April 2, hiking from Ripley's Aquarium to High Top in five hours and 23 minutes, then descending via Rainbow Falls in 4:30. That's 22.6 horizontal miles and just over 5,280 feet vertically. Holly Bryant holds the record with nine vertical miles. Others who have reported multiple vertical miles are Larry Russell a

Jason Bintz and Christopher Schneider after the first of three ascents. The Tour de Le Conte involves hiking all six trails to Mount Le Conte in a span of 24 hours. The challenge ordinarily is more endurance than speed. But when Christopher Schneider took on the tour, he had to hustle to the finish line, completing 43.4 miles in 23 hours and 58 minutes. Christopher had to change hiking partners en route, after Jason Bintz was injured and Danita Holcombe accompanied him for th