The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-39

"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, June 8, 2012

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Walked 1.40 miles in 27 minutes this afternoon, including 79 feet climbed. HumanaFit rated it a category 5 climb, the mildest category. It was my second class 5 climb, and first since May 24. Totals of my 2 category 5 climbs is 2.56 miles with 168 feet climbed in 50 minutes.

Chapter 3 totals are 34.29 miles walked in 13 hours 57 minutes, with 581 feet climbed, and 6 swims totalling 1,590 meters in 1 hour 32 minutes.

Here's a map of the walk:

Find more Walk in Tooele, UT

It was my first walk in Tooele County, on a beautiful warm late spring day as you can see:

Started walking at a pioneer monument outside the city library

Rural town only 31 miles from downtown Salt Lake

I enjoyed my five minute memorized devotional this morning. Always good!

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,515 Calories Consumed: 2,330 Calories Burned: 238 Net Calories: 2,092

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Scrambled Eggs	1.50	105	7g	360mg	105mg	1g	0g	0g	11g
Bacon	0.50	55	5g	8mg	152mg	0g	0g	0g	3g
Country Harvest Whole Wheat Cinnamon Raisin Bagel	1.00	250	2g	0mg	310mg	48g	9g	2g	9g
Philadelphia Low Fat-95% Fat Free	2.00	40	2g	10mg	200mg	2g	2g	0g	4g
K Orange Juice	1.00	100	0g	0mg	5mg	24g	20g	0g	1g
Wendys (From Nutrition Guide) Berry Almond Chicken Salad	0.50	225	8g	48mg	650mg	21g	16g	4g	19g
Wendy's Chili	1.00	190	6g	40mg	830mg	19g	6g	5g	14g
Crackers, Saltines	1.50	89	2g	0mg	345mg	17g	0g	2g	2g
turkey salad with bacon	3.00	345	20g	20mg	316mg	13g	1g	3g	27g
Berry Smoothie	0.50	175	1g	5mg	118mg	33g	25g	6g	13g
Chocolate chip brownies	1.00	207	7g	37mg	107mg	34g	21g	0g	2g
Turkey Jerky	1.50	120	1g	30mg	1,050mg	5g	5g	0g	23g
Hostess Orange Flavored Cupcake	1.00	200	7g	10mg	0mg	34g	25g	0g	1g
2% Milk	1.00	140	5g	20mg	150mg	14g	13g	0g	10g
Brookside Dark Chocolate Pomegranate	0.50	90	4g	3mg	25mg	15g	13g	1g	1g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	27.0	-238.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,092	77g	590mg	4,362mg	278g	155g	21g	137g

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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, June 8, 2012

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