The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-128

"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, September 5, 2012

3-128

Second straight day with a mild (category 5 climb) ... but a climb all the same, today, September 5. Walked 1.27 miles, with 102 feet climbed, in 23 minutes. The climbing portion had a 3.1% average grade. Tortoise rating: 5.3. Please click on the line below for a map and additional information:
This brings my chapter 3 totals to 144.33 miles walked in 56 hours 21 minutes, with 10,413 feet climbed, and 14 swims totalling 4,640 meters in 4 hour 57 minutes. Totals of my 27 category 5 climbs is now 38.90 miles with 3,297 feet climbed in 14 hours 12 minutes.

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Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,404 Calories Consumed: 1,430 Calories Burned: 193 Net Calories: 1,237

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Paradise Bakery Bbq Chicken Chopped Salad (small)	1.00	290	17g	45mg	960mg	20g	6g	3g	16g
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
Chicken Parmesan	1.50	270	8g	110mg	222mg	5g	0g	0g	43g
Barilla Tomato And Basil Sauce	2.00	140	3g	0mg	1,000mg	24g	16g	6g	4g
Kellogg's FiberPlus Chocolatey Peanut Butter	1.00	120	5g	0mg	95mg	24g	7g	9g	3g
Barilla Tomato And Basil Sauce	1.00	70	2g	0mg	500mg	12g	8g	3g	2g
Kellogg's Nutty Delights Honey Roasted Almond	1.00	150	7g	0mg	120mg	22g	8g	6g	3g
Barilla Whole Grain Spaghetti	1.50	300	2g	0mg	0mg	62g	3g	9g	11g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	23.0	-193.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,237	44g	155mg	2,897mg	189g	58g	40g	84g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz25f6mcHpr

Took my vitamins and minerals, all Youngevity supplements, crestor, and omega 3 fish oil. Drank 6 glasses of water.

Today's final word ...

From reading in Zachariah 9 and Helaman 12:

"... we can see that the Lord in his great infinite goodness doth bless and ^aprosper those who put their ^btrust in him.

"Yea, and we may see at the very ^atime when he doth ^bprosperhis people, yea, in the increase of their fields, their flocks and their herds, and in gold, and in silver, and in all manner of ^cpreciousthings of every kind and art; sparing their lives, and delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; softening the hearts of their enemies that they should not declare wars against them; yea, and in fine, doing all things for the welfare and happiness of his people; yea, then is the time that they do ^dharden their hearts, and do ^eforget the Lord their God, and do ^ftrample under their feet the Holy One—yea, and this because of their ease, and their exceedingly great prosperity." -- Helaman 12:1-2

The Lord is about to bless us as a people yet again with a recovery from our many struggles. What will we do with this great blessing from Him?

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 :-)

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

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