The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 14-49

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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!

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

14-49

This might be one of the more obscure places the tortoise has chosen for a daily walk. It goes like this. I was in appointments in the Long Beach, CA area until around 5 pm. I still had a 420 mile drive waiting for me back home, and my walk to somehow get in. First job was to figure out how to best escape the traffic. Remembering that Interstate 15 headed up towards Cajon Pass is a heavy commute anytime, and is extra heavy currently because of construction on the interchange with Interstate 215 at Devore/Glen Helen/San Manuel (formerly Blockbuster) Pavilion (you know who has the economic power when a Native American casino buys out the naming rights to an outdoor performing arts venue from someone who used to be as big as Blockbuster was.)

I decided the least delays would be found by heading up to 710 to the 10 to the 5 to ... the 2! to the 210 to the 14 to the Pearblossom Highway (sometimes known as the 138). Took me only about an hour to get here, not bad at all. So ... where is it better to take a walk than outside a Mormon chapel? Thank you Littlerock chapel of the Palmdale Stake. I walked outside the gate the first few minutes until someone came to open it for Mutual, at which point I started doing laps around the building. Like 30 of them.

Totals today: 3.73 miles with 45 feet climbed in 1:01:44 hours. Tortoise rating: 6.1 Calories burned: 601.

For a map (?!?) and more, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

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Oh, you want to know how I got home from here? Keep going east on the Pearblossom Highway until you reach Highway 18, take that to Victorville, get on Interstate 15 and book it home! Sorry, no naps in Zzyzx today.

2014 Stats:

148.96 miles walked, which is 14.90% of my 2014 goal.

48:14:35 hours walked, which is 15.41% of my 2014 goal

7,755 total feet climbed

23,539 calories burned

13.42% of the year has passed.

I've walked on 40 of the 42 non-Sundays thus far in 2014, a 95.24% consistency rating.

The purpose of the percentages is to have a higher percentage of distance and time walked than of the year. This tells me I am on track. I'm sure this is more numbers than you are interested in, all I can say is I'm really good at setting high goals and having them slip away because I don't do them every, every day.

The tortoise is smiling!

1 comment:

Doug JrFebruary 27, 2014 at 3:13 PM
Long live the 2!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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 :-)