The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 215

"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 24, 2011

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Day 131 - I walked 1.66 km (1.03 miles), with 89.0 m (292 feet) climbed, in 00:21:09. HumanaFit rates this a category 4 climb. This one got me breathing hard for sure.

Series 2B totals 363.05 km (225.13 miles) in 74 hours 56 minutes, with 3946.9 m (12,848 feet) climbed in 12 counties in 9 states.

Click to continue reading to see pictures, a route map and eating details for today, thanks!

For those of you who know me, yes, these last two walks were research for a future attempt on the front side of Cucamonga Peak (not the Icehouse Canyon side) as part of my continuing effort to build lung capacity. :)

Side view at the top of the walk

Looking down at the top of the walk. Haven is much narrower up here. Lots of smog in the valley today.

Uphill view at top of the walk

Uphill view looking back up at end of the walk

Eating today:

(Trying to make up for yesterday)

Calorie Goal: 2,447 Calories Consumed: 1,611 Calories Burned: 473 Net Calories: 1,138

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Kellogg's Kellogg's Fiber Plus Antioxidants Chewy Bar	1.00	130	5g	0mg	50mg	24g	7g	9g	2g
El Pollo Loco Spanish Rice	1.00	162	1g	0mg	423mg	35g	0g	1g	3g
El Pollo Loco Pinto Beans	1.00	140	0g	0mg	330mg	25g	0g	7g	9g
El Pollo Loco Chicken Breast With Skin	2.00	374	14g	256mg	1,080mg	0g	0g	0g	60g
El Pollo Loco Corn Tortillas	1.00	130	2g	0mg	65mg	26g	0g	2g	2g
Fat Free Frozen Yogurt	4.00	100	0g	0mg	40mg	20g	20g	0g	4g
Chicken And Rice Bowl	0.50	215	4g	18mg	500mg	0g	12g	2g	11g
Great Value Unsalted Dry Roasted Peanuts	2.00	360	28g	0mg	0mg	8g	2g	4g	16g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	21.0	-179.0
Walk: 2 mph (30 min/mi)	45.0	-294.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,138	54g	274mg	2,488mg	138g	41g	25g	107g

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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 :-)

Saturday, September 24, 2011

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