The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-22

"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!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

3-22

On the road today, returned tonight. Short walk today: 0.5 miles in 15 minutes. Chapter 3 totals are 19.58 miles walked in 7 hours 50 minutes, with 258 feet climbed and 150 meters swam in 7 minutes. Eating
today, including lunch with Gary and dinner with Willyne and Benjamin was:

Calorie Goal: 2,528 Calories Consumed: 2,195 Calories Burned: 102 Net Calories: 2,093

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Quaker Instant Oatmeal Packet	2.00	200	4g	0mg	160mg	38g	0g	6g	8g
Dannon Lite And Fit Yogurt	1.00	80	0g	0mg	75mg	15g	11g	0g	5g
K Orange Juice	1.00	100	0g	0mg	5mg	24g	20g	0g	1g
Scrambled Eggs	1.50	105	7g	360mg	105mg	1g	0g	0g	11g
Grated Cheddar Cheese	0.50	55	5g	0mg	90mg	1g	0g	0g	4g
Turkey Jerky	1.00	80	1g	20mg	700mg	3g	3g	0g	15g
Wendys (From Nutrition Guide) Berry Almond Chicken Salad	0.50	225	8g	48mg	650mg	21g	16g	4g	19g
Wendy's Chili	1.00	190	6g	40mg	830mg	19g	6g	5g	14g
Sizzler Grilled Shrimp Skewers	1.00	543	26g	209mg	1,332mg	42g	1g	2g	33g
Sizzler Baked Potato	1.00	265	4g	0mg	15mg	51g	2g	4g	6g
Dinner Rolls	0.20	29	1g	0mg	117mg	5g	0g	0g	1g
regular butter	0.50	50	6g	15mg	48mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Soft Serve Frozen Yogurt	1.00	110	2g	5mg	0mg	4g	0g	0g	4g
Peanut	1.00	163	14g	0mg	2mg	5g	1g	2g	7g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2 mph (30 min/mi)	15.0	-102.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,093	82g	697mg	4,128mg	229g	60g	22g	127g

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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 :-)

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

3-22

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