The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-91

"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 30, 2012

3-91

I walked 0.97 miles, climbing 115 feet, in 20 minutes this evening. It was a HumanaFit category 5 climb. It was my 21st category 5 climb, and the first since July 28 Tortoise rating: 4.4. Totals of my category 5 climbs is 29.59 miles with 2,605 feet climbed in 11 hours 2 minutes. Chapter 3 totals are now 90.49 miles walked in 35 hours 59 minutes, with 5,395 feet climbed, and 11 swims totalling 4,240 meters in 4 hour 34 minutes

Here's a map and more:

Find more Walk in Hurricane, UT

Calorie Goal: 2,451Calories Consumed: 2,470 Calories Burned: 171 Net Calories: 2,299

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Steel Cut Oats Organic	2.00	300	5g	0mg	0mg	52g	2g	8g	14g
Western Family Low-Fat Strawberry Yogurt 1% Milkfat	1.00	160	2g	10mg	105mg	29g	26g	0g	7g
Pecans, Shelled	1.00	196	20g	0mg	0mg	4g	1g	3g	3g
Banana, medium	0.50	53	0g	0mg	1mg	14g	7g	2g	1g
Orowheat Sandwich Thins	2.00	200	2g	0mg	460mg	44g	4g	6g	0g
Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter	2.00	380	34g	0mg	300mg	14g	6g	4g	14g
Smucker's Strawberry Jam	2.00	100	0g	0mg	0mg	26g	24g	0g	0g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Deli Turkey	2.00	100	2g	40mg	900mg	4g	0g	0g	16g
Homemade Mashed Potatoes	1.50	257	11g	2mg	455mg	36g	0g	0g	0g
canned corn	1.50	101	2g	0mg	0mg	24g	0g	0g	0g
Ocean Spray 100% Cranberry Juice	1.25	175	0g	0mg	44mg	44g	44g	0g	0g
Tillamook Marionberry Cobbler Ice Cream	2.00	340	18g	50mg	120mg	38g	22g	0g	6g
Biscoff Biscuits	0.40	60	2g	0mg	46mg	9g	5g	0g	1g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	20.0	-171.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,299	98g	102mg	2,430mg	352g	151g	22g	61g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/DougBeecherSr/#ixzz22pRaCaKp

Today's final word. ...

While reading second half Alma 37 and Micah 3 today, I was reminded of this gem:

"Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day." Alma 37:37

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 30, 2012

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