The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 182

"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!

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Day 100 (drum roll) - I walked 3.38 km (2.10 miles) and climbed 38.1 m (125 feet) in 00:34:19.
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Series 2B totals 247.25 km (153.67 miles) in 51 hours 19 minutes, with 2524.1 m (8280 feet) climbed in 9 counties in 7 states.

Listening today while walking after City Council meeting and completing a continuing education course: "Act In All Diligence" by President Henry B. Eyring 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/act-in-all-diligence?lang=eng I love the examples given of diligence in priesthood service over a full lifetime ... whether it is the deacon planning how the sacrament will be passed or the aging high priest who can't do much anymore, but still sets a cheerful example for each person he meets.

Eating today:

August 17th, 2011Write in your diary: How do you feel today?

Calorie Goal: 2,497Calories Consumed: 1,972Calories Burned: 342Net Calories: 1,630

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
frosted mini wheats	1.00	250	1g	0mg	5mg	41g	10g	5g	5g
Banana	1.00	121	0g	0mg	1mg	31g	17g	4g	1g
1% Milk	0.50	55	1g	5mg	60mg	7g	6g	0g	4g
Wendy's (From Nutrition Food Guide - US) Berry Almond Chicken Salad Half-Size	1.00	270	12g	45mg	680mg	23g	16g	4g	21g
Wendy's Chili	1.00	190	6g	40mg	830mg	19g	6g	5g	14g
Crackers, Saltines	1.00	59	2g	0mg	230mg	11g	0g	1g	1g
Mrs. May's Cranberry Trio	1.00	230	16g	0mg	60mg	20g	8g	3g	6g
Little Caesars Ultimate Supreme Pizza	1.00	310	14g	3mg	640mg	31g	3g	2g	15g
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.00	150	3g	0mg	0mg	27g	0g	4g	5g
Greek Gods Yogurt Non-fat Plain Yogurt	1.00	60	0g	5mg	105mg	10g	7g	2g	6g
50 Blueberries	0.40	16	0g	0mg	0mg	4g	3g	1g	0g
Raw Strawberry	0.70	31	0g	0mg	1mg	8g	5g	2g	1g
Mrs. May's Strawberry Trio	1.00	230	16g	0mg	60mg	20g	8g	3g	6g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi)	35.0	-342.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,630	71g	98mg	2,672mg	251g	88g	35g	85g

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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 :-)

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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