The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-126

"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, September 3, 2012

3-126

I got to enjoy walking with Doug Jr, Josh and Ethan, Benjamin, and Ryan Despain in Zion Park today (Labor Day, September 3). My GPS went haywire and recorded a much longer walk than we actually did (if you look at the map closely, you will see it has us walking in the air more than once)

Please click on the line below for that map, lots more pictures, and other goodies:

Find more Walk in Hurricane, UT

So what were the real stats on the walk? I know it took us 2 hours 15 minutes, not including the time we spent enjoying Scout Lookout. Zion National Park's official web page on the Angels Landing Trail says it is a 5 mile round trip with 1,488 feet of elevation gain to Angels Landing. Based on the sign at Scout Lookout that says 0.6 miles to Angels Landing, that would make the Scout Lookout portion we did 3.8 miles roundtrip. Josh has been to Angels Landing multiple times, he assures me there is no more than a couple hundred feet of elevation gain in that remaining distance. To be safe, I will count our elevation gain as 1,200 feet, which makes the average grade while climbing 11.96%. I can't even get agreement from HumanaFit as to whether this was a category 1 or 2 hike, so again to be safe, I will call it category 2, my first of the Terreeeblay era. (Note: I did this walk again with Becca, Rachel, and Sarah on July 9, 2013, and have rated it as 1.0 tortoises, which backs up the "borderline" status on the HumanaFit categories.)

This bring my chapter 3 totals to 141.70 miles walked in 55 hours 35 minutes, with 10,203 feet climbed, and 14 swims totalling 4,640 meters in 4 hour 57 minutes.

Here are some more pictures. It really was a delightful experience ... just look at everyone's faces, especially Doug Jr with arms in full victory salute!

Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,404 Calories Consumed: 2,622 Calories Burned: 1,362 Net Calories: 1,260

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Steel Cut Oats Organic	1.50	225	4g	0mg	0mg	39g	2g	6g	11g
Dole Frozen Blueberries	0.50	35	1g	0mg	0mg	9g	6g	2g	0g
CLIF Bar Oatmeal Raisin Walnut	1.00	240	5g	0mg	130mg	43g	20g	5g	10g
Pulled Pork Bbq	8.00	720	12g	120mg	0mg	88g	72g	0g	56g
Tostitos Artisan Recipes Roasted Garlic & Black Bean Chips	4.00	560	28g	0mg	360mg	72g	0g	8g	8g
corn on the cob (medium)	2.00	222	0g	0mg	0mg	4g	0g	0g	0g
Pineapple Upside Down Cake	1.00	150	6g	18mg	146mg	24g	17g	1g	2g
schwans Ice Cream Sandwich	1.00	170	6g	20mg	90mg	25g	13g	0g	3g
Smartfood White Cheddar Cheese Popcorn	3.00	300	18g	15mg	600mg	27g	3g	3g	6g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Hiking - climbing hills, under 10 lb load	75.0	-978.0
Walk: 2 mph (30 min/mi)	60.0	-384.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,260	79g	173mg	1,326mg	330g	132g	25g	95g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/DougBeecherSr/#ixzz26aYF9FbU

Today's last word ...

"If life and its rushed pace and many stresses have made it difficult for you to feel like rejoicing, then perhaps now is a good time to refocus on what matters most."

—Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Of Things That Matter Most", General Conference, October 2010

Cheerio!

2 comments:

BenjaminSeptember 26, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Some hidden gems in these pictures. I'm glad you posted them. I don't look too strong but very awes!
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UnknownSeptember 26, 2012 at 12:24 PM
The Wounded Duck is rising triumphantly from the ashes as a mighty Phoenix! He may look a little bruised, but it is all part of his metamorphosis!
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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 :-)