The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-25

"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!

Friday, May 25, 2012

3-25

I swam 170 meters in 10 minutes this evening, followed by 35 minutes of walking in the pool, which I will count as 1.40 miles, about what I would have walked on the street in that time.

Chapter 3 totals are 23.20 miles walked in 9 hours 9 minutes, with 390 feet climbed, and 2 swims totalling 320 meters in 17 minutes.

I got a big smile today when
I read "Why I Love 50-Mile Hikes" by David C. Pack, Director of LDS-BSA Relationships from 2007 to 2012...This is exactly how I felt when I went up Mt. Whitney with the Scouts!

I have continued scripture reading, forgetting to note it. Today I read Hosea 3-4 and Mosiah 20 and was touched enough to write: There is a time, season, and reason for everything. Thinking in context, with the Lord's help, brings clarity. (click on the underlined link to read more on that)

Here's what I ate today:

Calorie Goal: 2,528 Calories Consumed: 1,807 Calories Burned: 414 Net Calories: 1,393

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Premier Nutrition Premier Protein Shake Chocolate	1.00	160	3g	15mg	330mg	5g	1g	3g	30g
Baked Potato, Cooked In Flesh And Skin	1.00	161	0g	0mg	17mg	37g	2g	4g	4g
Low Fat Cottage Cheese	1.00	80	2g	5mg	380mg	4g	3g	0g	15g
Del Monte Fruit Cocktail	0.60	36	0g	0mg	6mg	9g	8g	1g	0g
Cod Baked	1.00	220	8g	0mg	0mg	10g	0g	0g	29g
Great Value Sweet Peas, Canned	2.00	140	1g	0mg	740mg	24g	12g	6g	8g
Naked Juice Naked All Natural Mighty Mango Juice Antioxidant Smoothie	1.00	120	0g	0mg	15mg	30g	18g	0g	1g
CLIF Bar Clif Bar	1.00	230	3g	0mg	125mg	45g	21g	5g	10g
Cod Baked	0.50	110	4g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	0g	15g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Foster Farms Corn Dogs	2.00	360	18g	50mg	1,080mg	38g	12g	2g	14g
Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich (Vanilla)	1.00	140	2g	1mg	95mg	30g	15g	3g	4g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Swimming - freestyle, moderate	10.0	-138.0
Water Aerobics	35.0	-276.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,393	41g	71mg	2,788mg	252g	102g	23g	130g

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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 :-)

Friday, May 25, 2012

3-25

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