The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-121

"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, August 29, 2012

3-121

Today's walk was 1.66 miles, with 75 feet climbed, in 27 minutes. Tortoise rating: 5.7. This brings my chapter 3 totals to 133.93 miles walked in 52 hours 3 minutes, with 8,805 feet climbed, and 14 swims totalling 4,640 meters in 4 hour 57 minutes. Please click on the line below for a map and more:

Find more Walk in La Verkin, UT

Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,404 Calories Consumed: 1,755 Calories Burned: 253 Net Calories: 1,502

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Renew Life Organic Triple Fiber	1.00	40	1g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	4g	3g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Odwalla Orange Juice	1.00	110	0g	0mg	15mg	25g	24g	0g	1g
Burnett's Corned Beef With Cabbage And Potatoes	1.00	260	7g	55mg	1,480mg	28g	8g	5g	22g
Cake, White Frosted Yellow	1.00	443	20g	84mg	426mg	63g	0g	0g	4g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Renew Life Organic Triple Fiber	1.00	40	1g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	4g	3g
Grandma Sycamore's Homemaid Bread	2.00	200	0g	0mg	460mg	44g	4g	2g	6g
Skippy Peanut Butter, Creamy, Reduced Fat	1.00	180	12g	0mg	170mg	15g	4g	2g	7g
Triple Berry Jam (Homemade)	1.00	57	0g	0mg	1mg	7g	5g	2g	1g
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.50	225	4g	0mg	0mg	41g	0g	6g	8g
Yoplait Lite Blueberry Yogurt	1.00	100	0g	3mg	85mg	19g	14g	0g	5g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi)	27.0	-253.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,502	45g	142mg	2,637mg	282g	79g	25g	59g

I had my Youngevity supplements and vitamins this morning.

Today's last word ...

from reading in Zechariah 7 and Helaman 6, and from listening while walking to "Special Lessons", a talk by Elder Ronald A. Rasband in the April 2012 LDS General Conference:

"Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true^ajudgment, and shew ^bmercy and ^ccompassions every man to his brother:

"And ^aoppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the ^bpoor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart." -- Zechariah 7:9-10

I love how I can randomly pick scriptures and conference talks and have them blend so well. Here is a noteworthy quote from Elder Rasband's talk:

"Dear President Thomas S. Monson, who is such a magnificent example of lifting the downtrodden, said: “God bless all who endeavor to be their brother’s keeper, who give to ameliorate suffering, who strive with all that is good within them to make a better world. Have you noticed that such individuals have a brighter smile? Their footsteps are more certain. They have an aura about them of contentment and satisfaction … for one cannot participate in helping others without experiencing a rich blessing himself.”⁸

"Though we will face trials, adversities, disabilities, heartaches, and all manner of afflictions, our caring, loving Savior will always be there for us. "

Cheerio!

2 comments:

BenjaminSeptember 13, 2012 at 9:26 AM
The TORCH! I'm impressed with your pace with so much climbing, when are we going to get this current?
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UnknownSeptember 13, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I got behind in July when I crossed the country and then went to Wood Badge and had 3 weeks of limited internet access. I'm glad you're interested in my catching up, I know it would make me feel better. All I can say is I am still walking, climbing, and trying to limit eating portions and see if I can post 2 entries a day until I get caught up. But the 2 entries a day has proven to be challenging. However, the tortoise will keep trying!
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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 :-)