The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 184

"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!

Friday, August 19, 2011

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He's doing great!

A triumphant Doug Jr on top of the mountain

Day 102 - Doug Jr walked with me 4.09 km (2.54 miles) and climbed 219.2 m (719 feet, that's almost an average 11% grade) to the La Verkin Overlook and back in 01:35:40.
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Series 2B totals 254.72 km (158.31 miles) in 53 hours 28 minutes, with 2778.4 m (9114 feet) climbed in 9 counties in 7 states.

Listening today while walking: to Doug Jr, along with a little Pandora music from one of my personal stations that he requested.

Here's the happy, sweaty hikers when they returned home

The total of 9 Series 3 walks is 46.41 km (28.84 mi) in 12 hours 35 minutes. Total distance climbed is 1476.2 m (4846 feet). The nine walks so far were on February 12, 19, 26, May 7, 14, 21, June 11, July 2, and today, August 19.

For Benjamin: I slept 6 1/2 hours last night.

Eating today:

August 19th, 2011Write in your diary: How do you feel today?

Calorie Goal: 2,497Calories Consumed: 1,860Calories Burned: 1,108Net Calories: 752

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Maple Sausage Patty	2.00	400	28g	0mg	0mg	6g	0g	0g	12g
Scrambled Eggs	1.00	70	5g	240mg	70mg	1g	0g	0g	7g
Shredded Cheddar Cheese	1.00	114	9g	30mg	176mg	0g	0g	0g	7g
Kroger Hash Browns	1.00	70	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	0g	1g	2g
Mission Multigrain Flour Tortillas	1.00	140	4g	0mg	460mg	23g	2g	5g	5g
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	0.50	20	0g	0mg	1mg	5g	3g	1g	0g
Strawberries	0.60	27	0g	0mg	0mg	6g	5g	2g	1g
Mrs. May's Cranberry Trio	1.00	230	16g	0mg	60mg	20g	8g	3g	6g
Panera Bread Bbq Chopped Chicken Salad	1.00	180	7g	35mg	440mg	15g	8g	2g	14g
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup	1.00	142	1g	0mg	20mg	18g	0g	9g	15g
Key Lime Squares	1.00	172	3g	10mg	69mg	30g	27g	0g	3g
1% Milk	0.50	55	1g	5mg	60mg	7g	6g	0g	4g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Hiking - cross-country, general	95.0	-1,108.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein

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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 :-)

Friday, August 19, 2011

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