The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 195

"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, September 1, 2011

195

Day 111 - I walked 4.46 km (2.77 miles) with 30.2 m (99 feet) climbed in 00:48:00. The climbing included 79 feet calculated by Humana Fit plus an estimated 20 feet climbing four half-flights of stairs at the conclusion of the walk, which since it was done inside a building, HumanaFit's satellite didn't track. Another note on today's walk. You will note on the map that I'm not shown crossing the freeway on a bridge. That's because the memory on the phone got full and it rebooted twice through that section of the walk. When it restarted, it assumed I went directly from to the spot their satellite now showed I was at. So, I walked a little farther than it says, and to make matters more interesting, this repeated at the end of the walk, so it also shows I took 5 minutes longer than I did. The time I am reporting here reflects that correction, however, the mileage will stay short as I don't know exactly how much to add. It was a good walk though.

Series 2B totals 298.20 km (185.33 miles) in 62 hours 7 minutes, with 3130.4 m (10,269 feet) climbed in 11 counties in 9 states. Today Clark County, Nevada was added to my walking list.

For Benjamin: I slept 7 1/4 hours last night.

Here is a picture of a park I walked through on my walk this morning. I was disappointed because the walkways only went around the park, not through it. If I wanted to walk through the trees it would have been on the grass, which had just been watered and was muddy. However, if you are a dog lover, this is the park for you. It had a special fenced off grassy area of a few acres to walk your dogs in -- and several people were doing just that.

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,447Calories Consumed: 1,177Calories Burned: 458Net Calories: 719

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Wendy's Berry Almond Chicken Salad (no dressing)	0.50	175	8g	48mg	490mg	9g	5g	3g	19g
Shaved Almonds	1.00	85	7g	0mg	0mg	5g	1g	2g	4g
Wendy's Small Chili	1.00	190	6g	35mg	830mg	19g	6g	5g	14g
Coconut Shrimp	4.00	200	8g	0mg	0mg	8g	0g	0g	20g
Green Beans	1.50	60	0g	0mg	11mg	12g	2g	6g	3g
Pudding, Tapioca	1.00	320	16g	133mg	238mg	38g	0g	0g	8g
Grilled Skinless Chicken Breast	1.00	120	2g	70mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	24g
Canteloupe, Cubed	0.50	27	0g	0mg	13mg	7g	2g	1g	1g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi)	48.0	-458.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		719	46g	286mg	1,582mg	98g	15g	17g	92g

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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, September 1, 2011

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