The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-95

"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!

Friday, August 3, 2012

3-95

I walked 0.50 miles, including climbing 20 feet up stairs, in 12 minutes today. Chapter 3 totals are now 92.99 miles walked in 36 hours 59 minutes, with 5,475 feet climbed, and 12 swims totalling 4,340 meters in 4 hour 39 minutes

Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,418 Calories Consumed: 2,203 Calories Burned: 89 Net Calories: 2,114

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.50	225	4g	0mg	0mg	41g	0g	6g	8g
Yoplait Light Harvest Peach	1.00	100	0g	4mg	85mg	19g	14g	0g	5g
Banana, medium	0.50	53	0g	0mg	1mg	14g	7g	2g	1g
Dairy Queen Chicken Salad, Grilled, No Dressing	1.00	280	11g	75mg	890mg	14g	8g	4g	31g
Seeds Sunflower	1.00	205	18g	0mg	1mg	7g	1g	4g	8g
Kraft Kraft Free Raspberry Vinaigrette Fat Free Dressing	1.00	40	0g	0mg	380mg	9g	9g	0g	0g
2% Cottage Cheese	1.20	120	3g	12mg	420mg	5g	4g	0g	18g
High Liner Tilapia Loins	1.00	110	2g	25mg	25mg	0g	0g	0g	23g
Golden Grain Rice-A-Roni, Broccoli Au Gratin flavored	0.75	278	13g	4mg	750mg	35g	4g	2g	6g
Small Dinner Salad	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	3g	2g	0g	0g
Homemade Chocolate Cake	0.75	333	8g	0mg	309mg	48g	33g	0g	1g
Meadow Gold Vanilla Ice Cream	2.00	260	14g	50mg	110mg	32g	22g	0g	4g
Ocean Spray 100% Juice Cranberry & Concord Grape	1.00	150	0g	0mg	35mg	37g	37g	0g	0g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	12.0	-89.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,114	72g	170mg	3,006mg	262g	141g	17g	105g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/DougBeecherSr/#ixzz22pSnugMB

Today's last word ...

"We must be vigilant in a world which has moved so far from that which is spiritual. It is essential that we reject anything that does not conform to our standards, refusing in the process to surrender that which we desire most: eternal life in the kingdom of God. The storms will still beat at our doors from time to time, for they are an inescapable part of our existence in mortality. We, however, will be far better equipped to deal with them, to learn from them, and to overcome them if we have the gospel at our core and the love of the Savior in our hearts."

—Thomas S. Monson, "Stand in Holy Places", 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 :-)

Friday, August 3, 2012

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