The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-92

"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!

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

3-92

An extra busy day, but I walked 0.50 miles, including climbing 20 feet up stairs, in 12 minutes today. Chapter 3 totals are now 90.99 miles walked in 36 hours 11 minutes, with 5,415 feet climbed, and 11 swims totalling 4,240 meters in 4 hour 34 minutes

Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,451 Calories Consumed: 1,858 Calories Burned: 91 Net Calories: 1,767

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Orowheat Sandwich Thins	1.00	100	1g	0mg	230mg	22g	2g	3g	0g
Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter	1.00	190	17g	0mg	150mg	7g	3g	2g	7g
Smucker's Strawberry Jam	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	13g	12g	0g	0g
Chicken Salad Croissant	1.00	522	35g	105mg	510mg	31g	0g	1g	23g
Orowheat Sandwich Thins	1.00	100	1g	0mg	230mg	22g	2g	3g	0g
Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter	1.00	190	17g	0mg	150mg	7g	3g	2g	7g
Smucker's Strawberry Jam	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	13g	12g	0g	0g
Butterball Peppered Turkey Breast	3.00	180	2g	90mg	1,410mg	3g	3g	0g	33g
Homemade Mashed Potatoes	2.00	342	14g	2mg	606mg	48g	0g	0g	0g
canned corn	2.00	134	2g	0mg	0mg	32g	0g	0g	0g

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

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,767	89g	197mg	3,286mg	198g	37g	11g	70g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/DougBeecherSr/#ixzz22pRomVCE

Today's last word ...

"The Lord’s way is not to sit at the side of the stream and wait for the water to pass before we cross. It is to come together, roll up our sleeves, go to work, and build a bridge or a boat to cross the waters of our challenges."

—Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Providing in the Lord's Way", Liahona and Ensign, November 2011

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 :-)