The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-21

"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, January 21, 2013

13-21

Two walks today. Went home at lunch and walked with my sweetie up Main Street as far as 200 North, then retraced our steps. 1.5 miles, 45 feet total up and down, in 34:23. Average pace 2.7 mph. Heart beat averaged 95, never got over 100. Had a surprise near the end of the walk as you can see from the picture ...

Our nephew, Kevin Despain, decided to escape the cold and smog of Salt Lake for the holiday weekend. He stayed with his brother Ryan and family in St. George, but rode our way today and just happened to be riding down our street as we were walking! I am the tortoise, he is beyond hare, probably closer to gazelle. He bicycled here from St. George (20 miles) in 1 hour 15 minutes. His return trip, with more downhill, was even quicker! Very nice to see him for a few minutes and share a quick lunch before he continued on his way..

Please click here to continue for the second walk and more:
Then I had an early dinner, ran an errand, and then parked the car at the bottom of the LaVerkin Overlook Trail. Walked up to our usual halfway point, then turned around and retraced my steps. Garmin lost contact with the satellite near the bottom, what it did record was 0.95 miles with 339 feet climbed in 29:53, after which I returned to work for a few more hours this evening. Heart rate ranged from 89 to 140 and averaged 118.

Chapter 13 totals through 21 days, 27.13 miles walked, with 4,030 feet climbed, in 10:57:03.

I ate 2909 calories today. Took my Youngevity supplements and vitamins; also put Duracream on my hands, arms, face, and neck to heal sun damage. Took Crestor, Omega 3, and cortisol support with my dinner.

Today's final word ...

from reading in Luke 17 and 2 Nephi 11 ...

"In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back."

"Remember ^aLot’s wife.

"Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall ^alose his life shall preserve it."

-- Luke 17:31-31

Cheerio!

No comments:

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, January 21, 2013

13-21

No comments:

Post a Comment