The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 181

"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!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

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Day 99 - I walked 2.59 km (1.61 miles) and climbed 24.1 m (79 feet) in 00:27:11.
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Series 2B totals 243.87 km (151.57 miles) in 50 hours 45 minutes, with 2486.0 m (8155 feet) climbed in 9 counties in 7 states.

Listening today while walking: "Continue in Patience" by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf from the April 2010 Priesthood Session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: http://lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/continue-in-patience?lang=eng. This is a true classic, and since I am patiently trying to become more patient, I listened to it more than once to try to let this message sink in deeply. I am very glad I did!

Eating today:

August 16th, 2011Write in your diary: How do you feel today?

Calorie Goal: 2,497Calories Consumed: 2,245Calories Burned: 264Net Calories: 1,981

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
John Mccann's Steel Cut Irish Oat Meal	2.00	300	4g	0mg	0mg	54g	0g	6g	8g
1% Milk	0.50	55	1g	5mg	60mg	7g	6g	0g	4g
Pure Protein Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bar	1.00	190	6g	10mg	230mg	17g	2g	1g	20g
Classic Beef Stroganoff	1.00	302	15g	84mg	402mg	10g	0g	1g	28g
Noodles, Egg	1.00	213	2g	53mg	11mg	40g	1g	2g	8g
Mrs. May's Strawberry Trio	1.00	230	16g	0mg	60mg	20g	8g	3g	6g
Panda Express Mandarin Chicken	2.00	500	20g	250mg	2,300mg	16g	0g	0g	62g
Panda Express Mixed Vegetables (entree)	1.00	35	0g	0mg	260mg	7g	2g	3g	2g
Panda Express Steamed Rice	1.00	420	0g	0mg	0mg	93g	0g	0g	8g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi)	27.0	-264.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,981	65g	402mg	3,323mg	263g	19g	16g	146g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz1VVofitEv

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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 :-)

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