The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-43

"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, June 13, 2012

3-43

Walked 1.18 miles in 27 minutes today, including 220 feet climbed. Tortoise rating: 4.8. Chapter 3 totals are 41.33 miles walked in 16 hours 38 minutes, with 1,397 feet climbed. Totals of my category 5 climbs is 3.74 miles with 388 feet climbed in 1 hour 17 minutes.

Here is a map of the walk:

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,515 Calories Consumed: 1,485 Calories Burned: 210 Net Calories: 1,275

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Quaker Apple and Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	2.00	260	3g	0mg	380mg	54g	18g	6g	6g
Dannon Activia Yogurt - Strawberry	1.00	110	2g	5mg	75mg	19g	17g	0g	5g
Banana, medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Orowheat Sandwich Thins	1.00	100	1g	0mg	230mg	22g	2g	3g	0g
Chicken Breast	1.00	130	1g	68mg	77mg	0g	0g	0g	27g
Tomatoes	1.00	25	0g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	1g	1g
Romaine Lettuce	2.00	10	0g	0mg	4mg	2g	0g	2g	0g
Zucchini Raw	1.00	8	0g	0mg	2mg	2g	0g	1g	1g
Cucumber	1.00	8	0g	0mg	1mg	2g	1g	0g	0g
Red Grapes	1.00	104	0g	0mg	3mg	27g	23g	1g	1g
California Pizza Kitchen California Club Pizza	1.50	450	18g	38mg	855mg	45g	3g	3g	24g
California Pizza Kitchen Bbq Chopped Chicken Salad (half)	0.50	175	2g	0mg	0mg	25g	0g	0g	17g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	27.0	-210.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,275	28g	111mg	1,628mg	226g	78g	20g	84g

I enjoyed listening to "The Rescue for Real Growth" by Bishop Richard C. Edgley, a few hours after he was released as First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He told of his personal experience that there are many people who want to come back to active worship of the Lord, and who are praying for the strength to do it because of very real fears they have ... “You worry if someone will greet you or if you will sit alone and unnoticed during the meetings. And you worry about whether you will be accepted and who your new friends will be.” Bishop Edgley's compassion was very real and touching.

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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, June 13, 2012

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