Le Conte Log: November 1993

Sunday, November 7, 1993

The original Tour de Le Conte

This clipping from the Nashville Tennesseean tells the story of Mike Povia and Lee Lewis on the inaugural Tour de Le Conte in 1993.

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Honor Roll: The Centurions of Le Conte

Here's our unofficial honor roll of hikers who have climbed Mount Le Conte at least 100 times. These totals are through the end of 2020. Updates will be posted at LeContest.com:

Climber (updated)	Ascents #
Ron Valentine (2017)	est. 4,000
* Jack Huff (d. 1985)	est. 2,500
* Tim Line (2018)	est. 1,500
Ed Wright (d. 2009)	1,310
* Alan Householder (2020)	est. 1,250
Graham D. Cooper (d. 2013)	over 1,000
* Wiley Oakley (d. 1954)	over 1,000
Dave Scanlon (d. 2014)	982
David Dinwiddie (2018-12-29)	nearly 800
Paul Dinwiddie (d. 1995)	750
Margaret Stevenson (d. 2006)	718
Al Bedinger (2020-12-05)	536
* Henry Neel (2019)	over 500
* Paul Adams (d. 1985)	over 500
* Herrick Brown (d. 1986)	est. 500
Dr. Ed Jones (2020-11-21)	438
* Ron Underwood (2020)	434
Tom Morgan (2000)	358
Dewey Slusher (2020-08-05)	est. 350
Tillroe Smith (2006)	345
* John Northrup (2020-08-31)	288
Jean Lambert (1998)	280
Bill Sharp (1994-10-12)	276
Larry Russell (2020-12-23)	266
Jonathan Fuller (2003)	263
Dr. Kip Miller (2018-08-16)	254
Jean Ann Miller (2018-08-16)	254
Gracie McNicol (d. 1991)	244
Stephen Sidbury (2019-01-30)	over 220
Betty Jane Barnett (d. 2007)	217
Mae Snyder (2019-08-15)	208
Roger Snyder (2019-08-15)	208
Alvin Sanders (2019-06-15)	over 200
O.K. Sergeant (d. 1991)	est. 200
* Chris Virden (2018)	est. 200
Trever Lane (2020-09-20)	200
Doug Weaver (2017)	nearly 200
* Bonnie Northrup (2020-08-23)	185
Tim Webb (2020-12-31)	179
Rev. Rufus Morgan (d. 1983)	174
Shirley Henry (d. 2020)	173
Kent Roberts (2019-09-21)	171
Greg Donahue (2020-11-22)	171
Ed Monger (2019-10-14)	167
Jerry Luth (2014-04-15)	160
Ron Collins (1989)	157
* Kemp Stonehouse (2020-07)	over 150
* Allyson Virden (2018)	est. 150
Nancy Cain (2014)	142
Phillip Huff (1953-06-02)	142
Ernest LuAllen (d. 1992)	141
Lee Lewis (2018-07-03)	129
Keith Large (2020-10-26)	128
Darla Large (2020-10-26)	128
Ruth Ewald (1998)	127
Carlos Campbell (d. 1978)	est. 120
Marlene Denton (2017-08-19)	118
* Casey Bright (2020-11-15)	117
Linten Atkins (2020-11-21)	115
Jeff Wadley (2020-09-26)	111
Jerry Rhyne (2020-07-15)	est. 110
Ben Fitzgerald (2019-10-30)	109
Clifford "Bo" Henry (1998)	107
Gary White (2020-11-21)	105
Brian Worley (2019-10)	103
Steve Odom (2019-09-14)	103
Janice Charleville (2020-02-26)	102
Steve Prosseda (2019-10-22)	101
Guy Rogers (2020-07-21)	101
* Cookie Bowling	over 100
* Pauline Huff (complete)	over 100
Dick Ketelle (complete)	over 100
* Myrtle Brown (1974)	over 100
* Lisa Line (2018)	over 100
Dave Landreth (2004)	over 100
* Vesna Plakanis (2017)	over 100
* Erik Plakanis (2017)	over 100
Dr. John Adler (2016)	over 100
Charles Engelbracht (2019)	over 100
* Chrissy Householder (2019)	est. 250
Guy Charleville (d. 2018)	100
* Will Ramsay (deceased)	est. 100

* Indicates Lodge crew or trail guides.

NEXT UP

97 Tom Atwell (2020-07-09)

91 Ollie Dilback (2016-09-14)

87 Jan Pendleton (2020-06-09)

82 Doug Edwards (2019-09-27)

80 Bill Yeadon (2020-10-23)

79 Anna Haltiwanger (2019-08-08)

78 Will Haltiwanger (2019-08-08)

77 Clyde Austin II (2019-10-11)

77 Robert Vassey (2019-10-12)

76 * Nathan Kirkham (2018-05-19)

75 Jim Moore (2019-05-25)

75 Robert Morrison (2019-06-21)

74 Tomas Staffen (2020-06-17)

73 Timothy Massey (2020-12-31)

72 Jeff Thomas (2019-07-13)

71 Amy Vassey (2020-10-24)

70 Joe Simpson (2019-08-16)

70 Phillip Clarkson (2020-12-26)

69 Dave Goody (2019-09-05)

69 Mike Hawk (2019-10-05)

69 Kevin Renfro (2020-06-01)

68 Ric Chandler (2020-08-21)

69 Adam Gravett (2020-11-219)

67 Chris Maulden (2020-11-20)

66 Sandy Martin (2020-11-18)
65 Theuncy Williams (2019-09-11)

65 Ronnie Holbert (2020-09-09)

62 Bob Turney (2020-11-21)

60 Edwin J. Best Jr. (2019-08-31)

60 Mike Jennings (2020-07-30)

60+ Charlotte Burdette (2019-10-10)

58 Elizabeth Rowland (2020-06-24)

57 Mike Puryear (2020-10-21)

55 Brad Travis (2020-09-24)

55 Steve Oliphant (2020-12-15)

53 Pamela Lewis Barrs (2019-10-18)

53 Jim Wilson (2019-11-19)

52 Dave Dawson (2016-05-14)

52 Jerry Martin (2020-10-02)

51 Clayton Webster (2019-07-25)

51 Steve Gamble (2020-01-16)

51 Nelson Eddy (2020-06-20)

50+ Kenny Brown (2019-06-26)

50+ Sylvia Talley (2019-08-15)

50+ Bob Jeffries (2019-08-03)

50+ John Farris (2019-09-29)

50+ Bill Holden (2020-08-25)

50+ Wallace "Wishbone" Bell (2020-10-21)

50 Ken Moller (2019-06-21)

50 Bill Chatfield (2019-06-09)

50 Brian Manes (2019-06-15)

50 Darel Anderle (2019-08-25)

50 Marvin Thomas (2019-10-06)

50 Dawn Eipeldauer (2019-10-23)

50 Jennifer Good (2019-11-04)

50 Phil Rumsey (2019-11-13)

50 Reuben Israel (2019-11-15)

50 Karen Hatfield (2019-12-25)

50 Randy Hatfield (2019-12-25)

50 Renee Stou (2020-11-07)

50 John D. Williams (2020-11-18)

50 Doug Torrance (2020-11-20)

50 Adam Williamson (2020-11-29)

SEE OTHER 2020 UPDATES

FROM PREVIOUS YEARS

95 John Crabtree (1983-10-01)

90 Albert "Dutch" Roth (d. 1974)

85 Anita Crabtree (1983-10-01)

75 Mike Maples (d. 2018)

70+ Dick McAliley (d. 2014)

65 Harvey Broome (d. 1968)

60 Diana Strech (2017)

60 Gerry Strech (2017)

60+ Karl Reed (1996-11-24)

58+ Margaret Reed (1996-11-24)

52 Jerry Cloyd (1998-07-22)

51 J.T. Braden (1998-07-22)

50 David Worth (2011)

50 John Mason (2012-05-25)

50 John O. Morrell (1938-04-24)

49 Debbie Carman (2017-12)

48 Billy Akin (2014-07)

45 Cindy Wisnieski (2018-09-02)

35 James "Pop" Hollandsworth (d. 2013)

32 Bill Yeager (2018-04-22)

31 Aaron J. Sharp (1941-09-04)

30-40 Tim Wood (d. 2018)

30+ Sam Venable (2019)

30 Vicki Law (1990-08-09)

29 J.P. Porter (1942-06-11)

28 Tony Cope (2016-04-23)

26 Brady Messer (2018-08-08)

25 Doug York (2017)

22 R.P. Crumpler (1974)

22 Jan Randles (2018-10-12)

20-25 * Joe Schlatter Jr. (1966)

20+ Tom Cronan (d. 2006)

20+ Mike Keaser (2018-09-28)

20+ Vernell Webb Godfrey (d. 2016)

20 Susan Cope (2016-04-23)

20 Thomas Koehl (2018-11-04)

19 Marguerite Chiles (1974)

19 Dr. John A. Southern (1974)

How many times have YOU climbed Mount Le Conte? Let me know so I can add your name or update your total. Leave a comment under the story at right or email LeConteLog@gmail.com.

Tour de Le Conte: All 6 trails in 1 day

Hikers who have completed all 6 Le Conte trails in 24 hours (listed with mileage).
1993-11-07 Lee Lewis (22:29, 44m)

1993-11-07 Mike Povia (22:29, 44m)

1999-10-30 Matt Whitaker (22:00)

1999-10-30 Matthew Cox (22:00)

Pre-201000 Stan Wellslinger

2010-10-02 John Northrup (16:48, 50m)

2011-08-01 Dave Worth (10:03:41)

Date unkn. Friend of Dave Worth (10:45)

2011-09-16 Brian Thomas (22:02, 45.7m)

2011-09-16 Shawn Carson (22:02, 45.7m)

2011-09-16 Tyler Carson (22:02, 45.7m)

2011-09-16 Davis Soehn (22:02, 45.7m)

2012-07-?? Robert Orler (18:30)

2012-07-?? Katy Kaelin (18:30)

201300000 John Northrup (13:30, 44,7m)

Date unknown Greg Donahue (under 12:00)

2014-05-31 Nicole Howe

2014-05-31 Bobby Trotter

2014-05-31 Terry Cash

2014-05-31 Bonnie Northrup (19:35, 44.7m)

2014-05-31 John Northrup (19:35, 44.7m)

2015-09-19 Brian Thomas (19:32, 44.7m)
2015-09-19 Shawn Carson (19:32, 44.7m)

2015-09-?? John Northrup (11:05, 45.7m)

2019-05-01 Adam Gravett (23:01, 44.5m)

2019-05-01 Adam Ozment (23:01, 44.5m)

2019-05-01 Adam Williamson (23:01, 44.5)

2019-08-?? Anonymous (about 12:00)

2019-10-14 Nathaniel Klumb (19:18, 51.7m)

2019-10-19 Katie Baker (16:55, 44m)

2019-10-25 Dr. Nancy East (16:13, 44m)

2019-10-25 Chris Ford (16:13, 44m)

2019-12-27 Luke Bollschweiler (8:35, 47.5)

2020-06-14 Linton Kerr (16:46:27, 48.5m)

2020-06-26 Ash Walsh (14:30:26, 51.2m)

2020-07-03 Elias Groft (9:55, 45.66m)

2020-07-31 Parker Bowling (23:02, 45.7m)

2020-07-31 Cade Huff (23:02, 45.7m)

2020-07-31 Wes Fortner (23:02, 45.7m)

2020-10-12 Jeff Conyers (13:07:23, 50.1m)

2020-10-12 Jevin Hoeper (13:07:23, 50.1m)

2020-10-14 Zach Andrews (23:58, 78m)

2020-10-12 Nathaniel Klumb (15:40, 48m)

2020-11-27 Anthony Groft (8:03:38, 45.3m)

2020-11-27 Elias Groft (8:03:38, 45.3m)

Multiple tours: John Northrup 4, Brian Thomas 2, Shawn Carson 2, Nathaniel Klumb 2, Elias Groft 2.

Timeline: Le Conte milestones

Boldface indicates final lifetime total

1830s00-00 Chief Yonaguska

1830s00-00 Judge Jacob Peck

1848-00-00 Charles Lanman

1858-00-00 Samuel Buckley
1859-00-00 Arnold Guyot

1860s-00-0 Named for John Le Conte

1880-07-27 "Walker Stone"
1913-00-00 John O. Morrell

1914-00-00 Walter S. Diehl

1916-00-00 1st women: Graves & Kimball

1918-00-00 Paul Adams #1, Will Ramsay

1920-00-00 Harvey Broome #1

1921-06-21 Paul Fink

1922-06-22 C.L. Baum

1924-00-00 Laura Thornborough #1

1924-08-06 Sou. App. National Park Comm.

1924-10-19 Geo. Barber, Carlos Campbell

1924-12-06 Smoky Mtns Hiking Club #1
1925-07-13 Cumberland Jack #1
1925-07-19 Le Conte Lodge opens
1927-00-00 Herrick Brown #1

1928-00-00 Rev. Rufus Morgan #1
1929-00-00 1st horse: Old Joe

1930-00-00 O.K. Sergeant #1
1931-00-00 Paul Dinwiddie #1

1933-00-00 First 3-room lodge built
1934-04-29 Wedding: Jack & Pauline Huff
1935-00-00 Ruth Ewald, Ruby Hitch

1937-00-00 Jack Huff #1,000

1939-07-03 D. Loomis

1939-00-00 Lodge dining hall built

1940-00-00 Ernie Pyle #1
1943-00-00 Cabin #9 built

1946-00-00 Ron Valentine #1

1950-08-03 Phillip Huff #100

1951-09-01 Labor Day flood

1954-00-00 Helicopter airlift

1954-06-14 Grace McNicol #1
1958-00-00 Dutch Roth #90
1960-01-24 Lodge sold: Huffs to Browns

1960-10-13 Margaret Stevenson #1

1964-10-00 Fire: Lodge Cabin 6 destroyed

1966-07-04 Harvey Broome final hike #65

1966-07-04 Dave Scanlon #1
1969-00-00 Rev. Rufus Morgan #100
1969-10- 00Edward Earl #1
1971-01-30 Fatality: Dr. Charles Lindsley

1974-00-00 Nancy Cain #1

1974-00-00 Wedding: by Rev. Rufus Morgan

1975-07-13 Paul Adams final hike #500+
1977-07-12 Gracie McNicol #200

1979-08-15 Margaret Stevenson #100

1982-10-27 Paul Dinwiddie #100
1978-10-15 Rev. Rufus Morgan final #174
1980-04-20 Dr. Ed Jones

1983-06-00 Tim Webb #1

1983-08-00 Ed Wright #1

1983-10-01 Gracie McNicol final #244

1984-06-13 Margaret Stevenson #200

1984-06-29 Paul Dinwiddie #200

1985-03-27 Paul Dinwiddie #245 (record)

1985-06-00 Tom Layton #1

1986-00-00 1st llama caravan

1986-06-00 Paul Dinwiddie #300

1987-02-00 Janice & Guy Charleville #1

1987-07-11 Margaret Stevenson #300

1987-11-07 Dr. Ed Jones #100

1982-05-28 Paul Dinwiddie #400

1989-02-12 Ed Wright #100

1989-07-16 Paul Dinwiddie #500

1989-08-30 Margaret Stevenson #400

1990-09-08 Ed Wright #200

1990-10-10 Paul Dinwiddie #600

1991-05-22 Ernest LuAllen #100

1991-06-19 Ed Wright #300

1991-07-26 Paul Dinwiddie (11 days in row)

1991-09-11 Shirley Henry (7 days in row)

1991-09-23 Marg. Stevenson (5 days in row)

1991-10-05 Shirley Henry #100

1991-10-13 Paul Dinwiddie #700

1991-10-19 Margaret Stevenson #500

1991-10-19 Ed Wright #400

1991-12-30 Ed Wright #445 (231 in 1991)

1992-01-02 Fatality: Ernest Luallen #141

1992-04-20 Helen Cornelius

1992-05-06 Ed Wright #500
1992-05-09 Rick Shortt #1

1992-06-01 Paul Dinwiddie #735 (135 mos.)
1992-06-00 Bill Sharp (4 climbs in 1 day)
1992-08-13 Bill Sharp #100

1993-03-14 60 inches of snow

1993-03-28 Fatality: Brad Lavies

1993-04-29 Nancy Cain #100

1993-05-24 Jean Lambert #200

1993-07-05 Margaret Stevenson #600

1993-07-28 Ed Wright #600

1993-09-25 Betty Jane Barnett #100

1993-09-00 Bill Sharp #200

1993-09-30 Paul Dinwiddie final #750

1994-08-05 Ed Wright #700

1995-01-19 Ed Wright #751

1995-06-30 Ed Wright #800

1995-08-03 Ed Wright #811

1995-09-18 Dave Scanlon #200

1995-11-13 Tom Morgan #100

1996-06-01 Margaret Stevenson #700

1996-06-13 Dr. Ed Jones #200

1996-07-15 Clifford "Bo" Henry #100

1996-08-30 Ed Wright #900

1997-01-25 Tom Morgan #200

1997-05-21 Margaret Stevenson final #718

1997-10-21 Ed Wright #1,000

1998-05-07 Ed Wright #1,100

1999-07-19 Ed Wright #1,200

2000-00-00 Dr. Jesse "Kip" Miller #100

2000-00-00 Jean Ann Miller #100

2000-04-01 Ed Wright #1,188 (160 mos.)

2002-06-01 Ed Wright #1,272

2002-10-15 Tillroe Smith (15 days in row)

2006-05-16 Ed Wright #1,300

2005-06-00 Fatality: Dr. John Bolinger

2005-07-02 Wedding: Joe & Jane Williams

2006-11-12 Lenore Costello (90th birthday)

2008-09-28 Stan Wellslinger (6x in 1 day)

2008-10-25 Ed Wright final hike #1,310

2010-06-26 Wedding: Chuck & Pam Haggard

2010-10-02 John Northrup (all 6 trails)

2011-07-06 Ashrita Furman (on stilts)

2011-09-02 John Northrup (5x in 1 day)

2011-09-21 Ula Ray Myant (80th birthday)

2011-10-09 Dr. Ed Jones #300

2012-05-08 Dave Scanlon #900

2012-08-01 Dave Worth (5 climbs in 1 day)

2012-08-04 Wedding: Kelly & Bill Pyle

2012-08-26 Jesse Smith (blind)
2012-10-00 Ben Fitzgerald #100

2013-05-16 Terry Tinnell (wheelchair)

2013-08-09 Jerry Luth #100
2014-08-07 Larry Russell #100

2014-09-30 Dave Scanlon final hike #982

2014-09-30 Wedding: Tim & Lisa Parkinson

2016-07-23 Minta Ray, Taylor Drake (5 tr.)

2016-11-28 Fire: Bullhead Trail closed

2017-07-16 Fatality: Philip Davenport

2018-04-22 Bill Yeager (32 years in a row)

2018-07-18 Larry Russell #200

2018-11-22 Guy Charleville final #100

2018-11-22 Janice Charleville #100

2019-04-20 Daniel Bice (amputee)

2019-05-06 Gary White #100

2019-06-15 Alvin Sanders #200

2019-07-20 Dr. Ed Jones #400

2019-09-20 Steve Odom #100

2019-12-31 Linten Atkins #100

2020-09-11 Casey Bright #100

2020-09-20 Trever Lane #200

Birthdays

01-30 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

02-08 Laura Thornborough (1885-1973)

02-18 Ella V. Costner (1894-1982)

02-22 Herrick Brown (1913-1986)

03-28 Emilie Ervin Powell (1934-2014)
05-15 Terry Tinnell (1958-)

06-04 John O. Morrell (1901-1982)

06-08 Paul M. Fink (1892-1980)

06-15 Great Smoky Mtns Nat. Park (1934)

06-18 Guy Charleville (1954-2018)

06-26 Dave Scanlon (1936-2014)

07-15 Harvey Broome (1902-1968)

07-17 Margaret Stevenson (1912-2006)
08-03 Ernie Pyle (1900-1945)

08-06 Carlos Campbell (1892-1978)

08-09 Col. David Chapman (1876-1944)

08-27 Jack Huff (1903-1985)

09-04 Paul Adams (1901-1985)

09-04 Dr. Charles H. Lindsley (1908-1971)

09-05 Dr. Elgin Kintner (1917-2008)

09-08 Horace Kephart (1862-1931)

09-12 Wiley Oakley (1885-1954)

09-12 Martha Huff (1876-1933)

09-15 Paul Dinwiddie (1915-1995)
09-23 Betty Jane Barnett (1923-2007)

09-24 Myrtle Brown (1926-)

09-25 Jim Thompson (1880-1976)

09-25 Ed Wright (1925-2009)

09-20 Albert "Dutch" Roth (1890-1974)

10-01 Gracie McNicol (1891-1991)

10-09 Dewey Slusher

10-14 Pop Hollandsworth (1915-2013)

10-15 Rev. Rufus Morgan (1885-1983)
10-24 Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (1924)

10-30 Mike Povia (1942-2015)

11-26 Tillroe Smith (1940)

12-26 Graham D. Cooper (1929-2013)

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Sunday, November 7, 1993

The original Tour de Le Conte