The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 14-137

"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!

Saturday, May 17, 2014

14-137

Did a morning walk on my way to a half day of work. Being Saturday, I wanted to do something a little extra with the time I had, so I parked just off the highway on the Hurricane side of the La Verkin Bridge, walked up the hill and headed to the trailhead at the Parley P. Pratt memorial. From there I walked the Confluence View trail down to the Virgin River, then followed the river trail to ... Tortoise Track! This goes steeply back up to 200 West near the ball fields. Once on top I made my way back to the car and on to work. The walk was 3.47 miles with 426 feet climbed in 1:08:34 hours. Tortoise rating: 3.8; calories burned: 544. Please click below if you'd like to see a map and more.

Cheerio!

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2014 Stats:

387.39 miles walked, which is 38.70% of my 2014 goal.

120:55:30 hours walked, which is 38.63% of my 2014 goal

18,610 total feet climbed

62,258 calories burned

37.70% of the year has passed

I've walked on 111 of the 118 non-Sundays thus far in 2014, a 94.07% 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!

5 comments:

RachelMay 27, 2014 at 3:13 PM
Didn't even know you could connect to that trail from this side! And what is tortoise track...should I know what this is?
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UnknownMay 27, 2014 at 3:32 PM
If you turn off the highway at Maverik in Hurricane and drive past the ball fields, the road ends at a trailhead, which then goes steeply down to the river. I arranged my walk to go down a less steep path (Confluence View Trail) and up the steep trail, so as to give myself a more vigorous workout. If you look closely at the trail junction picture above, you will see that this trail is appropriately named ... Tortoise Track. When I saw it I just had to take the picture!
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RachelMay 27, 2014 at 3:42 PM
Okay, the picture of that sign needs to be framed!! Or at least printed out and put on the filing cabinet with a magnet.
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UnknownMay 27, 2014 at 4:24 PM
Love your idea, Rachel ... check this out and tell me what you think of where it is printed and on display in my office ...
http://elpadresrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/05/tortoise-track-sign.html?zx=665098af19df0bd
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sarahJune 1, 2014 at 8:06 PM
The tortoise track!!! AWES!!! We need to do it this summer and love it on your board! :)
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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 :-)