The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-27

"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!

Sunday, May 27, 2012

3-27

A quiet holiday weekend Sunday with family. I walked a half a mile in 15 minutes total of the halls of church and the stairs of the house. Weekly weigh-in today was
260.3, a half pound lost this week. Total for four weeks is 9.5 pounds lost.

Chapter 3 totals are 24.70 miles walked in 9 hours 54 minutes, with 390 feet climbed, and 2 swims totalling 320 meters in 17 minutes.

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,524 Calories Consumed: 2,749 Calories Burned: 102 Net Calories: 2,647

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
frosted mini wheats	2.00	500	2g	0mg	10mg	82g	20g	10g	10g
1% Milk	1.00	110	3g	10mg	120mg	13g	12g	0g	8g
CLIF Bar Clif Bar Chocolate Chip	1.00	250	5g	0mg	150mg	45g	21g	5g	10g
Beef Pot Roast	1.00	280	20g	85mg	50mg	0g	0g	0g	23g
Homemade Mashed Potatoes	1.00	171	7g	1mg	303mg	24g	0g	0g	0g
canned corn	1.00	67	1g	0mg	0mg	16g	0g	0g	0g
Homemade Key Lime Pie	1.00	280	8g	80mg	218mg	44g	36g	1g	6g
Tostitos Artisan Recipes Roasted Garlic & Black Bean Chips	1.50	210	11g	0mg	135mg	27g	0g	3g	3g
Pulled Pork	1.00	342	12g	118mg	735mg	13g	16g	2g	43g
Grated Cheddar Cheese	1.00	110	9g	0mg	180mg	1g	0g	0g	7g

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

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,647	100g	334mg	3,274mg	308g	105g	22g	123g

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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 :-)

Sunday, May 27, 2012

3-27

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