The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-30

"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 30, 2012

3-30

I swam 200 meters this evening in 11 minutes, followed by 16 minutes walking in the pool, which I will count as 0.64 miles. Chapter 3 totals are 26.84 miles walked in 10 hours 55 minutes, with 390 feet climbed, and 3 swims totalling 520 meters in 28 minutes.

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,524 Calories Consumed: 2,096 Calories Burned: 305 Net Calories: 1,791

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Steel Cut Oats	0.67	208	3g	0mg	2mg	36g	0g	5g	9g
Activia Light	1.00	70	0g	5mg	80mg	13g	8g	3g	5g
Dole Frozen Blueberries	1.00	70	1g	0mg	0mg	17g	12g	4g	0g
Banana, medium	0.50	53	0g	0mg	1mg	14g	7g	2g	1g
Orowheat Sandwich Thins	1.00	100	1g	0mg	230mg	22g	2g	3g	0g
Kirkland Signature Turkey Burgers	1.00	200	5g	85mg	390mg	2g	0g	0g	35g
Avocado Avocado	0.50	73	7g	0mg	4mg	4g	1g	3g	1g
Romaine Lettuce	1.00	5	0g	0mg	2mg	1g	0g	1g	0g
Almonds	2.00	340	30g	0mg	270mg	10g	2g	6g	12g
Milton's Whole Grain Cracker	4.00	140	6g	0mg	0mg	20g	0g	0g	2g
100% Whole Wheat Tortilla	1.50	158	5g	0mg	39mg	26g	0g	6g	5g
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
Papa Murphy's Pizza Papas Pizza - Hawaiian	1.00	290	11g	25mg	580mg	34g	4g	2g	16g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Swimming - freestyle, moderate	10.0	-138.0
Aerobics: water	16.0	-167.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,791	80g	115mg	1,777mg	249g	36g	47g	106g

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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 30, 2012

3-30

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