The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-140

"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 17, 2012

3-140

This evening's walk (Monday, September 17) was 3.01 miles, with 157 feet climbed in 57 minutes. The climbing portion was rated HumanaFit category 5, my first since Saturday, and averaged a 2.9% average grade. Tortoise rating: 5.2. This brings my chapter 3 totals to 168.99 miles walked in 63 hours 33 minutes, with 12,090 feet climbed, and 14 swims totalling 4,640 meters in 4 hour 57 minutes. This was my 34th category 5 walk. They total 53.23 miles, with 4,205 feet climbed in 18 hours 0 minutes. Average grade while climbing 3.60%. Please click on the line below for a map and additional information:
Find more Walk in Hurricane, UT

Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,380 Calories Consumed: 2,239 Calories Burned: 464 Net Calories: 1,775

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Jimmy Dean Delights Breakfast Sandwich -Turkey Sausage on Whole Grain	1.00	260	7g	140mg	840mg	30g	3g	2g	18g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Ritz Hint Of Salt Low Sodium-low Fat Crackers	1.40	112	6g	0mg	49mg	14g	1g	0g	1g
Tuna Salad Sandwich Filling	1.00	141	8g	24mg	226mg	7g	0g	0g	11g
Grilled Tri Tip	1.50	233	11g	90mg	71mg	0g	0g	0g	34g
Homemade Mashed Potatoes	1.50	257	11g	2mg	455mg	36g	0g	0g	0g
Fried Halibut Fried Halibut	2.00	422	22g	62mg	968mg	31g	8g	1g	27g
Dairy Queen French Fries, Small	1.00	310	13g	0mg	640mg	43g	0g	3g	4g
Cake, Chocolate Frosted Chocolate	1.00	455	21g	78mg	624mg	73g	0g	0g	5g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	56.0	-464.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,775	98g	396mg	3,871mg	249g	22g	6g	100g

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. Took no allergy medicine. Drank 7 glasses of water.

Today's last word ... from reading in Malachi 2 and 3 Nephi 10:

"And now behold, it came to pass that all the people of the land did ^ahear these sayings, and did witness of it. And after these sayings there was silence in the land for the space of many hours;

"For so great was the astonishment of the people that they did cease lamenting and howling for the loss of their kindred which had been slain; therefore there was silence in all the land for the space of many hours." -- 3 Nephi 10:1-2

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 :-)

Monday, September 17, 2012

3-140

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