The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 156

"The Blog Almost Too Boring To Be The Most Boring Blog in America ... for Over 5 Years!"

until it got too many red cards from Wounded Duck and the Boredom Enforcement Committee ... now the tortoise's goal is to get to 10 red cards so he can get Big Dog to drive down and take a good long walk with the tortoise

P. S. This blog listens to its readers. We have the Benjamin Category Override for 5+ mile walks and now, it humbles Tortoise to say he has been named "Lou", by Doug Jr, in memory of Mr. Consistency himself, Lou Gehrig. Tortoise can hardly type the words to think he is in any way comparable to the noble Iron Horse. Thank you!

Monday, July 18, 2011

156

Day 74 walk - 1.61 km (1.00 miles) in 20 minutes. No climbing.

Series 2B totals 178.28 km (110.75 miles) in 37 hours 59 minutes, with 2002.1 m (6568 feet) climbed in 8 counties in 6 states. No Humana Fit map today.

Eating today:

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Jamba Juice Bright Eyed & Blueberry	1.00	220	1g	5mg	70mg	43g	38g	2g	11g
Jamba Juice Soy Protein Boost	1.00	30	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	8g
Small Dinner Salad	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	3g	2g	0g	0g
ranch dressing	1.00	150	16g	10mg	310mg	2g	1g	0g	0g
Turkey Breast (Skinless, Roasted)	1.50	203	4g	89mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	39g
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup	0.70	99	1g	0mg	14mg	13g	0g	6g	11g
Rice, White	0.70	169	0g	0mg	0mg	37g	0g	0g	3g
Panda Express Orange Flavored Chicken	0.50	273	15g	50mg	440mg	23g	8g	2g	13g
Watermelon, Raw	0.70	32	0g	0mg	1mg	8g	6g	1g	1g
Canteloupe Chunks	0.50	25	0g	0mg	0mg	7g	6g	1g	1g
Burrito, Beef	0.30	154	8g	9mg	718mg	15g	0g	0g	5g
Spanish Rice	0.30	76	2g	4mg	280mg	13g	0g	0g	2g
Refried Beans	0.60	84	2g	0mg	318mg	14g	1g	4g	3g
Tortilla Chips	0.50	71	4g	0mg	75mg	9g	0g	1g	1g
Salsa	0.30	3	0g	0mg	38mg	1g	0g	0g	0g
Fitness	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	20.0	-182.0
Totals:		1,457	52g	166mg	2,263mg	186g	61g	16g	96g

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Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Segments Hiked

Total lifetime PCT miles hiked: 205.0 out of the 2,650 total.

From 1966 to 1969 segment Tortoise hiked the portion of the PCT shared by the John Muir Trail, covering PCT miles 767.0 to 942.5 (175.5 miles). (While hiking the full 211 miles of the Muir Trail from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley to the summit of Mt. Whitney)

Tortoise then embarked on a long career at a desk, interrupted momentarily for a day hike in 1988 up Mt. Baden-Powell as a Varsity Boy Scout coach with his team. That took him from PCT miles 374.0 to 377.9, roundtrip. (There was also a second trip from Onion Valley to Mt. Whitney with the Varsity Boy Scouts in 1989. He barely made it, crying with joy and appreciation when he did. That is a story all of its own).

He returned many years later with these walks. Please click on the date for a link to that day's blog post:

June 14, 2012, hiked PCT miles 565.0 to 566.6 (1.6 miles) on both sides of California Highway 58 at the Cameron Road exit.

October 20, 2012, hiked PCT miles 341 to 342 (1 miles) mostly on the east side of Interstate 15 but also under the storm runoff tunnel just south of the exit to California Highway 138 near Cajon Pass.

February 2013, continued in two segments to do miles 342 to 347 (5 miles).

August 13, 2013, hiked miles 374.2 to 376.6 roundtrip from Vincent Gap trailhead at milepost 74.7 on California highway 2.

February 17, 2015, hiked miles 452.9 to 450.4 roundtrip from Vasquez Rocks Picnic Area.

March 16, 2015, hiked miles 341.9 to 340.2 southbound from Cajon Pass Road, then returned. Partial redo of October 20, 2012 walk ... plus a little more.

April 3, 2015, hiked miles 1089.8 to 1091.9 roundtrip from Echo Summit trailhead to near Echo Lake.

May 12, 2016, hiked miles 206.8 to 204.3 southbound from the Snow Canyon Road gate at the bottom of Mt. San Jacinto, then returned.

August 17, 2016, hiked miles 209.5 to 206.8 southbound from the underpass at Interstate 10 Exit 110 to Snow Creek, then returned.

May 26, 2017, hiked miles 369.4 to 364.4 southbound from the Inspiration Point trailhead on California Highway 2, then returned.

The tortoise may eventually set some kind of record for the longest time to complete the PCT in microsegments. You never know, but we're already at 51 years and counting since his first segment from Onion Valley to Taboose Pass in July 1966 :-)

Monday, July 18, 2011

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