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| Jevin Hoeper and Jeff Conyers at the finish line in Greenbrier |
Congratulations to Jevin Hoeper and Jeff Conyers for completing the Tour de Le Conte on Columbus Day. They ran 50.1 miles in 13:07:23—the fastest time this year to complete all six trails on the mountain.
Starting before dawn at Newfound Gap, they went up AT and the Boulevard, down and back up Alum Cave, down Rainbow, up Bullhead, down Trillium, back up to Trillium Gap, and then finished after dark via Brushy Mountain. "The trails were wet (like running through a creek sometimes), muddy, and slick, but we got through it," Jevin said.
Jeff is the president of the Dollywood Foundation which supports the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, so he and Jevin ran as #TeamDPIL to raise awareness for the library, which has provided over 145 million books for children. Jevin works on the trail maintenance crew for the national park.
We have documented 33 hikers who have completed the Tour de Le Conte since 1983. Jeff and Jevin's course was longer than most, because they wanted to avoid car shuttles between trailheads. That required extra miles on Alum and Trillium.
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| 11:33 was their moving time, but the entire tour took 13:07:23 elapsed time. |
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