The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 203

"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!

Saturday, September 10, 2011

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Day 119 - I walked 0.80 km (0.50 miles) with no climb in 00:12:00. It was very windy tonight, and my allergies are acting up, so I cut the walk short. However, I had already helped on a weed cleaning project at Hepworth's so it was still a good exercise day.

Series 2B totals 324.15 km (200.96 miles) in 67 hours 33 minutes, with 3398.8 m (11,150 feet) climbed in 11 counties in 9 states.

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,447Calories Consumed: 2,173Calories Burned: 403Net Calories: 1,770

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Grandma Sycamore's Enriched White Bread	0.60	60	0g	0mg	138mg	13g	1g	0g	2g
Croissant (medium)	1.00	231	12g	38mg	424mg	26g	6g	1g	5g
Chicken Pasta Salad with Grapes	0.70	273	8g	31mg	213mg	35g	14g	4g	4g
hamburger patties with sausage	0.10	40	2g	10mg	37mg	0g	0g	0g	3g
Homemade Spaghetti With Meat Sauce	2.00	600	10g	0mg	145mg	104g	16g	15g	35g
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.50	225	4g	0mg	0mg	41g	0g	6g	8g
Greek Gods Yogurt Non-fat Plain Yogurt	1.00	60	0g	5mg	105mg	10g	7g	2g	6g
Strawberries	1.00	45	0g	0mg	0mg	10g	8g	4g	1g
christy's homemade egg rolls	1.33	609	35g	67mg	557mg	50g	2g	4g	24g
Lay's Classic Potato Chips	0.20	30	2g	0mg	36mg	3g	0g	0g	0g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Gardening - general	30.0	-228.0
Weight Lifting - free weights or machine, moderate	15.0	-85.0
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	12.0	-90.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,770	73g	150mg	1,655mg	292g	54g	37g	88g

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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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