The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-38

"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, June 7, 2012

3-38

I walked 0.5 miles in 15 minutes today, with 15 feet climbed up stairs. Chapter 3 totals are 32.89 miles walked in 13 hours 30 minutes, with 502 feet climbed, and 6 swims totalling 1,590 meters in 1 hour 32 minutes.

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,515 Calories Consumed: 1,995 Calories Burned: 73 Net Calories: 1,922

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Scrambled Eggs	2.00	140	9g	480mg	140mg	1g	0g	0g	14g
Bacon	0.30	33	3g	5mg	91mg	0g	0g	0g	2g
K Orange Juice	1.00	100	0g	0mg	5mg	24g	20g	0g	1g
bagel with cream cheese	1.00	259	10g	28mg	0mg	33g	0g	0g	8g
Chicken Breast	1.00	130	1g	68mg	77mg	0g	0g	0g	27g
Potatoes - Mashed	1.00	111	4g	2mg	309mg	18g	0g	2g	2g
Peas	1.00	55	0g	0mg	81mg	10g	4g	3g	4g
Lemon Cake	1.00	165	7g	20mg	170mg	17g	9g	1g	2g
Whole Wheat Roll	1.00	140	3g	0mg	210mg	24g	0g	3g	6g
Honey Butter	2.00	90	4g	0mg	0mg	10g	0g	0g	0g
Burgers - Bacon Cheeseburger	0.60	442	28g	89mg	586mg	19g	0g	0g	26g
French Fries	1.00	200	31g	0mg	335mg	67g	0g	6g	7g
Strawberry Shake	0.50	130	0g	8mg	140mg	22g	19g	10g	9g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walking - 2 mph	15.0	-73.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,922	101g	700mg	2,144mg	244g	52g	25g	108g

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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, June 7, 2012

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