The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-19

"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, May 19, 2012

3-19

I have been considering what I can do to step up my efforts. I am wanting to be able to hike with my family at high altitudes, and am concerned at how to prepare for that. Losing weight and building strength and endurance are certainly important, but I don't feel like it is enough. Today I was pondering this and got the idea that swimming laps might be a way to increase my lung capacity to help deal with the lack of oxygen at high elevations. So ...

I swam 150 meters today. It is a record for me. I can feel it in my legs and lungs, but that is the idea. So we will have new tracking here ... chapter 3 totals are 18.08 miles walked in 7 hours 5 minutes, with 258 feet climbed and 150 meters swam in 7 minutes.

We had all manner of festive food here for everyone (see yesterday for more on that). The best I could come up with was to watch portions. I think I did OK ...

Calorie Goal: 2,545 Calories Consumed: 1,961 Calories Burned: 97 Net Calories: 1,864

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Biscuit (halved) And Sausage Gravy	1.00	429	23g	40mg	1,373mg	43g	0g	1g	13g
Maple Sausage Patties	1.00	168	11g	57mg	347mg	2g	2g	0g	13g
Great Value Hash Browns	1.00	150	8g	0mg	300mg	18g	1g	2g	2g
Pulled Pork Bbq	3.00	270	5g	45mg	0mg	33g	27g	0g	21g
Orowheat Sandwich Thins	1.00	100	1g	0mg	230mg	22g	2g	3g	0g
SunChips Sun Chips Cheddar Cheese	0.50	70	3g	0mg	80mg	10g	1g	1g	1g
Raspberries, Frozen	0.50	25	0g	0mg	0mg	6g	3g	1g	1g
cottage cheese	0.50	45	1g	8mg	205mg	2g	2g	0g	8g
whipped cream	2.00	30	2g	2mg	0mg	2g	2g	0g	0g
Potato & Cheese Casserole	1.00	284	15g	41mg	689mg	24g	6g	2g	14g
Skinny Cow Cookies 'N Cream Low Fat Ice Cream Sandwich	1.00	150	2g	3mg	105mg	31g	15g	3g	3g
Baked Ham	1.00	70	2g	0mg	0mg	2g	0g	0g	0g
Green Beans Canned	2.00	40	0g	0mg	800mg	8g	4g	2g	2g
Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie	1.00	130	6g	10mg	90mg	17g	11g	0g	1g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Swimming - freestyle, moderate	7.0	-97.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,864	79g	205mg	4,219mg	219g	75g	15g	79g

1 comment:

BenjaminMay 20, 2012 at 6:35 PM
This is awes!!! You are doing amazing and I love the swimming idea. Mount Whitney!
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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 :-)