The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-129

"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!

Thursday, September 6, 2012

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Tonight's walk (September 6) was 1.37 miles in 20 minutes. The 112 feet climbed (3.3% average grade while climbing) qualified it for HumanaFit category 5, for the third consecutive day. Tortoise rating: 5.3. Please click on the line below for a map and additional information:
This brings my chapter 3 totals to 145.70 miles walked in 56 hours 41 minutes, with 10,525 feet climbed, and 14 swims totalling 4,640 meters in 4 hour 57 minutes. Totals of my 28 category 5 climbs is now 40.27 miles with 3,409 feet climbed in 14 hours 32 minutes.

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Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,404 Calories Consumed: 2,106 Calories Burned: 246 Net Calories: 1,860

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Steel Cut Oats Organic	1.00	150	3g	0mg	0mg	26g	1g	4g	7g
Yoplait Light Strawberry Yogurt	1.00	90	0g	0mg	80mg	16g	10g	0g	5g
Kellogg's Nutty Delights Honey Roasted Almond	1.00	150	7g	0mg	120mg	22g	8g	6g	3g
Pear	1.00	96	0g	0mg	2mg	25g	15g	5g	1g
Barilla Whole Grain Spaghetti	1.00	200	2g	0mg	0mg	41g	2g	6g	7g
Barilla Tomato And Basil Sauce	1.00	70	2g	0mg	500mg	12g	8g	3g	2g
Western Family Large Curd Cottage Cheese	1.00	110	5g	25mg	420mg	5g	4g	0g	14g
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
Marie Callendar's chicken pot pie	1.00	650	38g	35mg	1,000mg	59g	4g	4g	17g
Small Salad	1.00	350	12g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Smartfood White Cheddar Cheese Popcorn	1.50	150	9g	8mg	300mg	14g	2g	2g	3g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 4 mph (15 min/mi)	20.0	-246.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,860	77g	68mg	2,422mg	240g	64g	34g	62g

Took 4 of my usual 5 Youngevity supplements. Out of Oxy Rich for now. Took vitamins, minerals, crestor, omega 3 fish oil, low dose aspirin. Drank 7 glasses of water.

Today's last word ... from reviewing memorized scriptures and listening while walking to "The Doctrine of Christ" by Elder D. Todd Christofferson in the April 2012 LDS General Conference:

"And it came to pass that I said unto my father, I will go and do the things which the Lord commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save He shall prepare a way for them, that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." -- 1 Nephi 3:7

(please check me, I also typed this from memory)

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 :-)

Thursday, September 6, 2012

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