Updated: 7/17/2008 8:09:45 PM
Sixty-three year old Diane Scarbrough loves to spend time in the Smoky Mountains. "Anybody that can be out there for any length of time," she says. "It's uplifting."
Diane's passion for hiking turned into a mission to hike every mile of trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. "We call it the 900 mile club. Actually it comes out to be 845, but I think they round that off because it takes a long time to get to a trail. We may hike 4 miles to get to the trail we are hiking on," Diane explains.
It has taken many years and a lot of hard work to reach her goal. "Every time you do a trail you mark it on the map of the Smokies," Diane says.
She says you don't have to be a super hiker to enjoy all that the national park has to offer. "Anybody can do what I do. Because if you want to take a short trail, take a short trail. Then a longer trail the next time. As long as your comfortable and then the next time go a little bit further."
