The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-48

"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!

Sunday, June 17, 2012

3-48

Had a very nice father's day, thanks to all of you! I walked an estimated 0.5 miles through the church and house in 15 minutes and climbed 20 feet of stairs. Chapter 3 totals
are 47.06 miles walked in 18 hours 59 minutes, with 1,700 feet climbed, and 7 swims totalling 2,020 meters in 1 hour 56 minutes.

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,508 Calories Consumed: 2,348 Calories Burned: 73 Net Calories: 2,275

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
SteelCut Oatmeal Pancakes (Blueberry)	1.00	242	4g	0mg	101mg	40g	11g	6g	15g
pancake syrup	1.00	51	0g	0mg	1mg	13g	3g	1g	0g
Turkey Bacon Thick Slice	2.00	80	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	20g
K Orange Juice	1.00	100	0g	0mg	5mg	24g	20g	0g	1g
SteelCut Oatmeal Pancakes (Blueberry)	1.00	242	4g	0mg	101mg	40g	11g	6g	15g
Turkey Bacon Thick Slice	1.00	40	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	10g
Apricot	2.00	34	0g	0mg	1mg	8g	6g	1g	1g
string cheese	1.00	80	4g	10mg	180mg	1g	0g	0g	8g
Ham Slice	1.50	125	6g	41mg	977mg	2g	0g	0g	0g
Cheese Potato Casserole	1.00	261	18g	28mg	639mg	18g	1g	2g	4g
Green Beans Canned	2.00	40	0g	0mg	800mg	8g	4g	2g	2g
Cake, Pound	1.00	439	23g	251mg	451mg	55g	0g	0g	6g
Strawberry - Frozen	1.00	150	0g	0mg	0mg	10g	0g	0g	1g
Tillamook Premium Ice Cream Old-Fashioned vanilla	2.00	320	18g	50mg	100mg	34g	20g	0g	6g
Homemade Oatmeal Cookie	1.00	44	1g	0mg	0mg	9g	5g	0g	0g
Mixed Nuts	0.50	100	40g	0mg	504mg	16g	3g	4g	11g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walking - 2 mph	15.0	-73.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,275	119g	379mg	3,859mg	278g	83g	24g	99g

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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 :-)

Sunday, June 17, 2012

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