Month after month after month

Only three hikers have reported ascents of Mount Le Conte in 100 consecutive months.

Paul Dinwiddie was the first with 155 consecutive months from April 1981 until June 1992, when surgery side-tracked him for almost a year.

Ed Wright broke Dinwiddie's record with 160 consecutive months, from August 1986 through November 2000. Wright didn't even miss a month in 1999 when he had heart surgery.

When LeConte Lodge manager John Northrup made his 500th hike up Le Conte on Aug. 1, 2024, he extended his streak to 104 consecutive months since January 2016. Wright retired with 1,310 ascents and Dinwiddie 750.

Ron Valentine probably had a long streak of consecutive months, but the records of his early years were lost in a fire. In his later years, Valentine avoided winter hikes, and his longest streak since 2000 was 59 months.

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