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Welcome to this 34 second panoramic view of the top of today's walk with Joshua and Benjamin to Observation Point on the East Rim of Zion Canyon.  This walk is one of the reasons I enjoy having Angels Landing on my unbucket list ... this requires no chains to get to the top, and while it is longer and more strenuous than Angels Landing, the reward is a view so spectacular that it includes looking down on Angels Landing from above. :-)

Stats:  6.92 miles round trip, with a climb of 2336 feet to the top (elevation 6680).  Tortoise rating: -1.0. (HumanaFit notes two sections at their category 1, the tortoise rating is based on average grade of 12.8% the whole way up at average elevation of 5512.  There are some areas with 19% grade on this trail.)

Please click here for a map and several more pictures.

Cheerio!

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The Right Honorable Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
(yes, I remember the sincere tributes given him when he died)
http://www.wpclipart.com/famous/political/Churchill/Churchill.png.html

Walked after my last appointment of the day (October 20) ... not much daylight but I did get in 2.25 miles, with 256 feet climbed, on a short segment of the Pacific Crest Trail in 51:32, a 22:56 minute per mile pace.  Uphill half of walk before retracing my steps had a tortoise rating of 3.9.

Eating today 1,820 calories; most recent 7 day total 13,616 calories. Please click on the line below to see a map and pictures of today's category 5 walk:

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Snuck in a walk (tortoise rating:  5.5) late tonight (October 15) after my last appointment on deadline day: 1.33 miles with 23 feet climbed in 20:49, which works out to a 15:36 minute per mile pace. Eating today: 1,581 calories; 13,704 calories in the most recent 7 days. My weigh-in yesterday was 234.7 pounds, down 2.5 pounds since my last weigh-in on October 10, and down 35.1 pounds total for chapter 3 -- my recommitment since May 1. I admit to being amazed, and thankful, at what has happened the last 3 weeks after being on a plateau for quite awhile before that!

Click on the line below for a map and more!

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Today's blog post is dedicated to the memory of one of my heroes. I hope you will take a moment to click on the link below her picture and read about her.

One of the tortoise's heroes:  Hulda Crooks (1896-1997)
See http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/trips/west97/97aug15/hulda_bio.html

My weigh-in today was 237.2 pounds, down 2.7 pounds since my last weigh-in on October 2, and down 32.6 pounds total for chapter 3 -- my recommitment since May 1.

Minimum 0.5 mile walk with 20 feet climbed in 12 minutes today.  Tortoise rating:  5.7.  Was lucky to get the phone off my ear to do that. Eating: 1,885 calories today; 14,606 in the past 7 days.

Calorie Goal: 2,326 Calories Consumed: 2,382 Calories Burned: 85 Net Calories: 2,297

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
Mountain High Fat Free Plain Yogurt	1.00	120	0g	5mg	180mg	18g	17g	0g	12g
Banana, Medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
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
All Bran Loaf	4.00	216	2g	0mg	40mg	52g	24g	6g	6g
Bar-S Foods Corn Dogs honey Batter	1.00	240	15g	50mg	620mg	23g	7g	0g	5g
Delicious Chicken Pot Pie	0.50	269	18g	7mg	558mg	23g	1g	2g	4g
Pumpkin Pie Filling	2.00	234	4g	0mg	379mg	49g	0g	0g	2g
Cascadian Farm Ancient Grains Granola	1.25	275	6g	0mg	113mg	51g	11g	6g	6g
Cascadian Farm Ancient Grains Granola	1.25	275	6g	0mg	113mg	51g	11g	6g	6g
G 1% Milk	1.00	111	3g	10mg	131mg	13g	12g	0g	9g
G 1% Milk	1.00	111	3g	10mg	131mg	13g	12g	0g	9g
G 1% Milk	1.00	111	3g	10mg	131mg	13g	12g	0g	9g
Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	12.0	-85.0
Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,297	64g	92mg	2,396mg	392g	133g	34g	81g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz291OmUbPh

Today's last word ... from reading in Matthew 14 and 3 Nephi 26:

"And it came to pass that he did teach and minister unto the ^achildren of the multitude of whom hath been spoken, and he did ^bloose their ^ctongues, and they did speak unto their fathers great and marvelous things, even greater than he had revealed unto the people; and he loosed their tongues that they could utter."                                                                         -- 3 Nephi 26:14

Gives added meaning to the concept of "out of the mouths of babes ... "

Cheerio!