The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-15

"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!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

3-15

I walked 1.06 miles and climbed 43 feet in 20 minutes this evening. I listened to "The Laborers In The Vineyard" by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland in the Saturday afternoon session of the April 2012 General Conference while walking. Two bookends at the beginning and end of this wonderful talk about the Savior's parable were: "Why should you be jealous because I choose to be kind" and "It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ's atonement shines".

It is a real blessing to feel blessed physically and spiritually at the same time while on a simple stroll. Total walking, for chapter 3 since resuming May 1, is 15.50 miles in 5 hours 58 minutes, with 248 feet climbed. Here is a map and other details:

Find more Walk in La Verkin, UT

Here's what I ate today:

Calorie Goal: 2,545 Calories Consumed: 2,008 Calories Burned: 179 Net Calories: 1,829

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.00	150	3g	0mg	0mg	27g	0g	4g	5g
Frozen Mixed Berries	0.30	24	0g	0mg	0mg	6g	3g	3g	0g
Mountain High Fat Free Plain Yogurt	0.70	84	0g	4mg	126mg	13g	12g	0g	8g
Banana, medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Turkey Jerky	1.00	80	1g	20mg	700mg	3g	3g	0g	15g
Apple	1.00	65	0g	0mg	1mg	17g	13g	3g	0g
Dairy Queen Chicken Salad, Grilled, No Dressing	1.00	280	11g	75mg	890mg	14g	8g	4g	31g
Fat Free Buttermilk Ranch	1.00	35	0g	0mg	440mg	6g	4g	0g	1g
Seeds Sunflower	1.00	205	18g	0mg	1mg	7g	1g	4g	8g
Plain Baked Potato	1.00	140	0g	0mg	0mg	26g	3g	3g	4g
Wendy's Chili, Small size	1.00	220	6g	35mg	780mg	23g	6g	5g	17g
Wendy's Deluxe Garden Salad	1.00	110	6g	0mg	320mg	10g	5g	4g	7g
Wendy's Creamy Ranch Dressing	0.50	115	12g	8mg	290mg	3g	2g	0g	1g
Brookside Dark Chocolate Pomegranate	1.00	180	7g	5mg	50mg	29g	26g	1g	1g
Sunrise Energy Bars	1.00	130	6g	10mg	75mg	17g	10g	2g	2g
Almonds	0.50	85	8g	0mg	68mg	3g	1g	2g	3g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	20.0	-179.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,829	76g	156mg	3,742mg	230g	110g	37g	105g

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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 :-)

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

3-15

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