The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-24

"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!

Thursday, May 24, 2012

3-24

Walked 1.16 miles in 23 minutes this evening, including 89 feet climbed. HumanaFit rated it a class 5 climb, the mildest category, but at least it was enough of a climb to be categorized. I was huffing and puffing, which tells me what I know: I have a long ways to go!

Chapter 3 totals are 21.80 miles walked in 8 hours 34 minutes, with 390 feet climbed, and 150 meters swam in 7 minutes. Here is a map and additional detail on the walk:

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I listened to "Faith, Fortitude, Fulfillment: A Message To Single Parents" by Elder David S. Baxter, a Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, while walking. I particularly enjoyed when he related the story of a single mother of seven who was particularly tired one evening, “I remember looking through tears toward the sky, and I said, ‘Dear Father, I just can’t do it tonight. I’m too tired. I can’t face it. I can’t go home and take care of all those children alone. Could I just come to You and stay with You for just one night? …’ I didn’t really hear the words of reply, but I heard them in my mind. The answer was: ‘No, little one, you can’t come to me now. … But I can come to you.’”²

Here is a summary of what I ate today:

Calorie Goal:  2,528Calories Consumed:  1,680Calories Burned: 204Net  Calories: 1,476

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Crepes	1.00	30	1g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	0g	0g
Nutella Nutella	1.00	200	11g	0mg	15mg	23g	21g	1g	2g
Banana, medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Low Fat Cottage Cheese	2.00	160	3g	10mg	760mg	8g	6g	0g	30g
Del Monte Fruit Cocktail	1.00	60	0g	0mg	10mg	15g	14g	1g	0g
Turkey Jerky	2.00	160	1g	40mg	1,400mg	6g	6g	0g	30g
Wild Roots Coastal Berry Blend Trail Mix	1.00	200	13g	0mg	80mg	18g	13g	2g	5g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Ortega Whole Wheat Tortillas	2.00	260	8g	0mg	660mg	44g	0g	4g	8g
Black Beans	2.00	280	2g	0mg	0mg	50g	0g	12g	14g
Grated Cheddar Cheese	1.00	110	9g	0mg	180mg	1g	0g	0g	7g
Romaine Lettuce	1.00	5	0g	0mg	2mg	1g	0g	1g	0g
Sour Cream	1.00	60	6g	10mg	15mg	1g	0g	0g	1g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	23.0	-204.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,476	54g	60mg	3,124mg	214g	84g	24g	98g

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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 :-)

Thursday, May 24, 2012

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