The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-70

"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!

Monday, July 9, 2012

3-70

This dirt road provided a wide walking path today

Mohave County, Arizona is the second largest in the country with over 13,000 square miles (you could put Massachusetts in it with ample room to spare) so maybe you aren't surprised I didn't get farther than my neighboring county today on my magical mystery tour to deliver the Ragozzine van to their new Florida home, but I did get in a short category 5 walk there: 0.76 miles with 157 feet climbed in 20 minutes. Tortoise rating: 2.3.

Here's a map:

Find more Walk in Littlefield, AZ

It was my tenth category 5 climb, and first since July 6. Totals of my category 5 climbs is 17.50 miles with 1,476 feet climbed in 6 hours 16 minutes. Chapter 3 totals: 68.68 miles walked in 27 hours 24 minutes, with 4,075 feet climbed, and 11 swims totalling 4,240 meters in 4 hour 34 minutes.

Eating today, including net calories after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,458 Calories Consumed: 1,912 Calories Burned: 152 Net Calories: 1,760

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Nabisco Ritz Bitz Peanut Butter - Single Serving Bag	0.80	136	8g	0mg	224mg	16g	3g	1g	3g
Quaker - Apples & Cinnamon	1.00	130	2g	0mg	170mg	27g	12g	3g	3g
Dannon Activia Yogurt - Peach	1.00	110	2g	10mg	70mg	19g	17g	0g	5g
Hard-boiled Egg	1.00	70	5g	212mg	62mg	1g	1g	0g	6g
Dole Tropical Fruit Cup	1.00	80	0g	0mg	0mg	19g	18g	1g	1g
Wendy's Ulitmate Chicken Grill	1.00	320	7g	75mg	950mg	36g	8g	2g	28g
Wendy's Small Chili 8oz	1.00	190	6g	40mg	830mg	19g	6g	5g	14g
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.50	225	4g	0mg	0mg	41g	0g	6g	8g
Mountain High Fat Free Plain Yogurt	1.00	120	0g	5mg	180mg	18g	17g	0g	12g
Birds Eye Frozen Ultimate Berry Medley	0.80	56	0g	0mg	16mg	5g	5g	5g	1g
Premier Nutrition Protein	1.00	160	3g	15mg	330mg	5g	1g	3g	30g
Wild Roots Coastal Berry Blend Trail Mix	1.50	315	21g	0mg	143mg	27g	18g	3g	8g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	20.0	-152.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,760	57g	357mg	2,975mg	232g	106g	29g	118g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz20M3k7Fi6

Today's last word:

I read Alma 17-19 today, hope you enjoy this verse ...

And it came to pass that the Lord did ^avisit them with his^bSpirit, and said unto them: Be ^ccomforted. And they were comforted. Alma 17:10

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 :-)

Monday, July 9, 2012

3-70

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