The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-86

"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, July 25, 2012

3-86

The Eagle Patrol working together on their rocket, photographed by Willyne

Each day of this Wood Badge camp, I walked at least as far and climbed as much as I did on Saturday, July 21, so I will count 0.79 miles, climbing 85 feet, in 20 minutes at Tifie Scout Camp in the mountains a few miles east of Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah. It was a HumanaFit category 5 climb. It was my 17th category 5 climb, and the fifth day in a row with one. Totals of my category 5 climbs is 26.25 miles with 2235 feet climbed in 9 hours 42 minutes. Chapter 3 totals are now 86.65 miles walked in 34 hours 27 minutes, with 5,005 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: 2,538 Calories Burned: 152 Net Calories: 2,386

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Quaker Apples And Cinnamon Oatmeal	2.00	256	3g	0mg	336mg	55g	25g	6g	4g
Banana, medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Thomas' English Muffins	1.00	120	1g	0mg	200mg	25g	1g	1g	4g
Scrambled Eggs	1.00	70	5g	240mg	70mg	1g	0g	0g	7g
Sausage Patty	1.00	267	20g	98mg	540mg	0g	0g	0g	20g
Plain Baked Potato	1.00	140	0g	0mg	0mg	26g	3g	3g	4g
Chili	0.75	215	11g	33mg	1,002mg	23g	3g	8g	11g
Grated Cheddar Cheese	2.00	220	18g	0mg	360mg	2g	0g	0g	14g
Brownie	1.00	243	10g	10mg	153mg	39g	0g	0g	3g
Large Movie Theater Popcorn With Butter	0.10	164	13g	0mg	0mg	13g	0g	0g	0g
Pepsi Mug Root Beer	1.00	100	0g	0mg	40mg	29g	29g	0g	0g
Scalloped Potatoes**	3.00	300	5g	0mg	1,890mg	57g	3g	3g	6g
Chicken Breast	0.75	98	1g	51mg	58mg	0g	0g	0g	20g
Klondike Choco Taco	1.00	240	12g	5mg	110mg	31g	20g	1g	3g

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

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,386	98g	437mg	4,760mg	326g	98g	25g	97g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/DougBeecherSr/#ixzz22pQNThQE

Today's last word ...

"And now, O my son Helaman, behold, thou art in thy youth, and therefore, I beseech of thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me; for I do know that whosoever shall put their ^atrust in God shall be supported in their ^btrials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be ^clifted up at the last day." -- Alma 36:3

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 :-)

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

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