The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 176

"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!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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Day 94 - I walked 2.57 km (1.60 miles) and climbed 24.1 m (79 feet) in 00:30:14.

Series 2B totals 230.75 km (143.41 miles) in 48 hours 30 minutes, with 2381.7 m (7813 feet) climbed in 9 counties in 7 states.

I listened to Elder Holland's talk in the Saturday afternoon session of April 2010 general conference for inspiration while walking. I wrote some further feelings from listening to this talk at: http://ibelieve-dougbeecher.blogspot.com/2011/08/but-bold-we-need-to-be.html There are also links so that you can easily listen to the talk itself and the closing hymn of the session that followed. This talk is a classic, and worth the few minutes it takes to listen to it.

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,488 Calories Consumed: 2,216 Calories Burned: 261 Net Calories: 1,955

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
frosted mini wheats	1.00	250	1g	0mg	5mg	41g	10g	5g	5g
1% Milk	0.50	55	1g	5mg	60mg	7g	6g	0g	4g
Banana	1.00	121	0g	0mg	1mg	31g	17g	4g	1g
Chicken And Rice Bowl	1.00	430	8g	35mg	1,000mg	0g	24g	3g	22g
Green Beans	2.00	80	0g	0mg	14mg	16g	3g	8g	4g
Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop	1.00	130	2g	0mg	230mg	24g	0g	6g	4g
Cinnamon Toast	1.00	120	2g	0mg	0mg	24g	0g	0g	5g
Little Caesars Little Caesar's Pepperoni Pizza	2.00	560	22g	40mg	840mg	60g	6g	2g	28g
frosted mini wheats	1.00	250	1g	0mg	5mg	41g	10g	5g	5g
Marie Callender's Lattice Peach Pie	0.50	165	9g	0mg	70mg	20g	10g	1g	2g
1% Milk	0.50	55	1g	5mg	60mg	7g	6g	0g	4g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	30.0	-261.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,955	48g	85mg	2,285mg	270g	91g	33g	84g

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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 :-)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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