The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-67

"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, July 6, 2012

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This evening's walk is dedicated to my favorite soccer player, Ethan. This little fellow is pure energy, and my walking path reminded me of him!

I walked 1.05 miles in 21 minutes this evening, climbing 85 feet in the process. It was my ninth HumanaFit category 5 climb, and first since yesterday, July 5. Tortoise rating: 4.6. Totals of my category 5 climbs is 16.74 miles with 1,319 feet climbed in 5 hours 56 minutes.

Chapter 3 totals are 66.04 miles walked in 26 hours 10 minutes, with 3,586 feet climbed, and 11 swims totalling 4,240 meters in 4 hour 34 minutes. Here's a map (so Ethan can see why it reminded me of him):

Find more Walk in St George, UT
Eating today, including net calories after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,497 Calories Consumed: 1,253 Calories Burned: 184 Net Calories: 1,069

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
peaches and cream french toast	1.00	355	11g	240mg	350mg	53g	16g	3g	13g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
simple homemade hamburger buns	0.75	191	6g	30mg	613mg	28g	6g	1g	4g
Kirkland Signature Oven Roasted Turkey Breast (deli Prepackaged Slices)	0.50	30	1g	15mg	140mg	2g	0g	0g	6g
Costco Jordan's Roast Beef Deli	1.00	60	2g	30mg	320mg	0g	0g	0g	11g
Butter Lettuce	1.00	10	0g	0mg	5mg	2g	1g	1g	1g
Raw Shredded Carrots	1.00	7	0g	0mg	6mg	2g	0g	0g	0g
Cherry Tomatoes	2.00	70	2g	0mg	20mg	12g	0g	2g	2g
cottage cheese	1.00	90	3g	15mg	410mg	3g	3g	0g	16g
Vegetable Beef Soup (homemade)	2.00	300	10g	0mg	0mg	40g	0g	0g	0g
Whole Wheat Bread	1.00	90	1g	0mg	190mg	18g	3g	3g	0g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	21.0	-184.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,069	35g	330mg	2,055mg	175g	39g	10g	53g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz1zuWO6Lbf

Today's last word ...

I read Alma 13-16 and Amos 6 today. Here's one of the verses I enjoyed:

"And now we only wait to hear the joyful news declared unto us by the mouth of angels, of his [the Lord's] coming; for the time cometh, we know not how soon. Would to God that it might be in my day; but let it be sooner or later, in it I will rejoice." (Alma 13:25)

Cheerio!

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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, July 6, 2012

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