High company

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 and Tim Massey with five each and Bonnie Northrup with three.