The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 209

"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 17, 2011

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Day 125 - My last morning in Salt Lake I walked to the temple to do initiatories for 10 family names, then walked back. The two Humana Fit maps shows that. The total of both walks was: 4.30 km (2.67 miles), with 49.1 m (161 feet) climbed, in 00:49:21. Tortoise rating on the uphill walk was 4.8; HumanaFit rated it category 5.

Series 2B totals 348.49 km (216.08 miles) in 72 hours 10 minutes, with 3721.9 m (12,210 feet) climbed in 12 counties in 9 states.

After the walks and temple work, I drove to Springville to have a nice lunch and conversation with Benjamin at Cracker Barrel, then continued home.

Calorie Goal: 2,438 Calories Consumed: 3,016 Calories Burned: 426 Net Calories: 2,590

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.50	225	4g	0mg	0mg	41g	0g	6g	8g
Strawberry Yogurt	0.30	28	1g	3mg	15mg	5g	4g	1g	1g
Grapefruit	0.50	37	0g	0mg	0mg	9g	8g	1g	1g
Beef Jerky	2.00	260	7g	100mg	1,760mg	18g	16g	0g	32g
Cracker Barrel Lemon Pepper Grilled Rainbow Trout	1.00	163	9g	46mg	81mg	5g	1g	1g	17g
Cracker Barrel Side Salad	1.00	30	0g	0mg	0mg	6g	0g	0g	2g
Cracker Barrel Restaurant Green Beans	1.00	70	0g	12mg	14mg	16g	4g	7g	4g
Cracker Barrel Lima Beans	1.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Cracker Barrel Corn Muffin	1.00	270	5g	5mg	660mg	50g	3g	0g	6g
Hostess Powdered Mini Donuts	2.00	680	34g	60mg	700mg	86g	46g	0g	6g
Homemade Lasagna	2.00	900	36g	0mg	0mg	80g	20g	10g	80g
Breyers Vanilla ice cream	1.00	130	7g	40mg	35mg	14g	14g	0g	3g
Cookie, Chocolate Chip	1.00	223	11g	0mg	127mg	30g	0g	0g	2g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	50.0	-426.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,590	114g	266mg	3,392mg	359g	116g	26g	161g

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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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