The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-76

"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, July 15, 2012

3-76

No mapped walk for Sunday, but I know I walked at least 0.5 miles, climbing 10 feet, in 12 minutes as I travelled to Athens, Georgia. Chapter 3 totals are now 74.85 miles walked in 29 hours 42 minutes, with 4,308 feet climbed, and 11 swims totalling 4,240 meters in 4 hour 34 minutes.

Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,458 Calories Consumed: 1,798 Calories Burned: 91 Net Calories: 1,707

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Quaker Instant Oatmeal Packet	2.00	200	4g	0mg	160mg	38g	0g	6g	8g
Dannon Light And Fit Yogurt	1.33	80	0g	0mg	67mg	15g	11g	0g	4g
K Orange Juice	1.00	100	0g	0mg	5mg	24g	20g	0g	1g
Premier Nutrition Protein	1.00	160	3g	15mg	330mg	5g	1g	3g	30g
Matador Teriyaki Beef Jerky	3.00	240	5g	75mg	1,380mg	21g	18g	0g	30g
Almond	24.00	168	14g	0mg	0mg	5g	2g	2g	7g
Krystal Krystal	4.00	640	28g	80mg	1,040mg	68g	4g	4g	28g
Krystal Chili Cheese Pup	1.00	210	12g	40mg	510mg	17g	2g	2g	9g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	12.0	-91.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,707	66g	210mg	3,492mg	192g	58g	17g	117g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz2155t5PML

Today's last word ... I read Jonah 3-4, Alma 27-28

"And thus we see the great call of ^adiligence of men to labor in the vineyards of the Lord; and thus we see the great reason of sorrow, and also of rejoicing—sorrow because of death and destruction among men, and joy because of the ^blight of Christ unto life." Alma 28:14

My heart leaped when I saw this notice in the LDS Newsroom this morning ... "The historic Hyde Park Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) in London, England, has been remodeled and rededicated as a chapel for worship services and as a visitors’ center."

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 :-)

Sunday, July 15, 2012

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