The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-234

"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, August 22, 2013

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Tortoise getting ready

to carry this pack home from work

Walked home from work with this pack. Loaded with 3 liters of water in the camelbak plus 3 half liter bottles and all the gear I carried up to Timpanogos Saddle August 16. 3.00 miles in 1:01:18 hours. First mile at 3.0% average upgrade (tortoise rating: 4.6) in 20:34 minutes. Remaining two miles downhill (tortoise rating: 5.9) in 40:44 minutes. Footnote: Miles walked since June 28 ... 97.47. No walk August 21.

Click here for calories consumed and burned:

Cheerio!

Calorie Goal: 2,370 Calories Consumed: 3,087 Calories Burned: 782 Net Calories: 2,305

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Sourdough Pancakes Sourdough Pancakes	3.00	480	12g	165mg	2,499mg	69g	0g	3g	25g
Kroger Value Pancake Syrup	2.00	440	0g	0mg	40mg	108g	54g	0g	0g
Thick Hickory Smoked Bacon	2.00	180	14g	30mg	540mg	0g	0g	0g	10g
1% Milk	1.00	102	2g	12mg	120mg	12g	13g	0g	8g
The Daily Plate Generic Calorie	120.00	120	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Beef Pot Roast	4.00	244	8g	81mg	64mg	0g	0g	0g	39g
Peanut Butter And Jelly Sandwich	0.60	180	7g	0mg	216mg	22g	8g	3g	7g
our homemade mashed potatoes with gravy	1.00	338	24g	1mg	298mg	28g	2g	2g	3g
canned corn	1.00	67	1g	0mg	0mg	16g	0g	0g	0g
low-fat cottage cheese	1.00	194	6g	23mg	746mg	8g	8g	0g	27g
Great Value pineapple chunks	1.00	70	0g	0mg	10mg	17g	15g	1g	0g
High Liner (Costco) Tilapia	1.20	132	2g	30mg	30mg	0g	0g	0g	28g
Small Dinner Salad	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	3g	2g	0g	0g
Fresh Gourmet Walnut Pieces - Glazed (Made for salads!)	1.00	170	13g	0mg	75mg	13g	8g	1g	3g
Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing	1.00	140	14g	10mg	260mg	2g	1g	0g	1g
Ronzoni Whole Wheat Spaghetti Noodles	1.00	180	1g	0mg	0mg	42g	1g	6g	6g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Backpacking	61.0	-782.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,305	104g	352mg	4,898mg	340g	112g	16g	156g

2 comments:

RachelAugust 27, 2013 at 12:13 PM
Looking so good friend, and your office looks awesome as well
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BenjaminAugust 27, 2013 at 8:17 PM
The tortoise and his shell! Love it!
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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 :-)