The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-343

"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, December 9, 2013

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Walked to the bank plus a little extra in the snow shortly after 5 pm today. Clear, brisk, 19 degree weather. 1.08 miles with 30 feet climbed in 27:33 minutes. Tortoise rating: 4.8, based on a point for the extra effort of walking in snow and ice. HumanaFit did not rate this walk. I thought this little 34 second video would capture it better than individual pictures, enjoy!

Please click below for a map along with food info for today ...

Cheerio!

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Calorie Goal: 2,244 Calories Consumed: 2,121 Calories Burned: 179 Net Calories: 1,942

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Youngevity Ultimate Classic Dietary Supplement	1.00	40	0g	0mg	0mg	9g	9g	0g	0g
Youngevity Ultimate Osteo-fx	1.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Youngevity Oxy-Rich Toddy	1.00	23	0g	0mg	0mg	6g	6g	0g	0g
Youngevity Z Radical Fucoidani Zed	1.00	15	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	3g	0g	0g
Pancake	2.00	350	15g	91mg	676mg	44g	0g	0g	10g
Great Value Hash Brown Patties	1.00	150	8g	0mg	300mg	18g	1g	2g	2g
Great Value Fully Cooked Pork Sausage Patty	1.00	200	19g	35mg	290mg	0g	0g	0g	6g
kefir flaxseed smoothy	1.00	425	24g	0mg	18mg	21g	13g	3g	30g
Paradise Bakery Bbq Chicken Chopped Salad (small)	1.00	290	17g	45mg	960mg	20g	6g	3g	16g
Beef Pot Roast	5.00	305	11g	101mg	80mg	0g	0g	0g	49g
Cream of Cauliflower Soup	1.00	213	14g	41mg	430mg	13g	5g	1g	9g
King's Hawaiian Rolls Hawaiian Sweet	1.00	110	3g	17mg	97mg	18g	7g	1g	4g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	26.0	-179.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,942	111g	329mg	2,851mg	163g	50g	10g	126g

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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, December 9, 2013

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