The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 180

"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, August 15, 2011

180

Weekly weigh-in 257.2 up 1.1 from last week and down 9.5 overall. I guess after a 4 pound loss the previous week I should have expected something like this. I'll keep at it, one tortoise step at a time ...

Day 98 - I walked 1.72 km (1.07 miles) and climbed 7.9 m (26 feet) in 00:16:55
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Series 2B totals 241.28 km (149.96 miles) in 50 hours 18 minutes, with 2461.9 m (8076 feet) climbed in 9 counties in 7 states.
Listening today while walking: The Magnificent Aaronic Priesthood by DAVID L. BECK, Young Men General President http://lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/the-magnificent-aaronic-priesthood?lang=eng&media=audio

Eating today:

August 15th, 2011Write in your diary: How do you feel today?

Calorie Goal: 2,497Calories Consumed: 1,603Calories Burned: 284Net Calories: 1,319

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.20	180	3g	0mg	0mg	32g	0g	5g	6g
Greek Gods Yogurt Non-fat Plain Yogurt	1.00	60	0g	5mg	105mg	10g	7g	2g	6g
50 Blueberries	0.20	8	0g	0mg	0mg	2g	1g	0g	0g
Raw Strawberry	0.50	23	0g	0mg	1mg	6g	4g	2g	1g
Pure Protein Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar	1.00	200	6g	10mg	200mg	16g	2g	1g	20g
Mrs. May's Cranberry Trio	1.00	230	16g	0mg	60mg	20g	8g	3g	6g
Wendy's Berry Almond Chicken Salad - Half-Size (no almonds or dressing)	1.00	140	5g	45mg	470mg	8g	4g	2g	17g
Wendy's Pomegranate Vinaigrette Dressing	0.50	30	2g	0mg	80mg	4g	4g	0g	0g
Almonds Slivers	1.00	164	14g	0mg	0mg	6g	0g	4g	6g
Wendy's Small Chili	1.00	190	6g	35mg	830mg	19g	6g	5g	14g
Crackers, Saltines	1.00	59	2g	0mg	230mg	11g	0g	1g	1g
Classic Beef Stroganoff	0.50	151	8g	42mg	201mg	5g	0g	1g	14g
Western Family Sweet Peas	0.50	20	0g	0mg	95mg	6g	1g	2g	2g
Noodles, Egg	0.70	149	2g	37mg	8mg	28g	0g	1g	5g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 4 mph (15 min/mi)	16.0	-206.0
Swimming - treading water, moderate	10.0	-78.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,319	62g	174mg	2,279mg	173g	37g	28g	98g

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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, August 15, 2011

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