Mile 366. The second day of Tortoise's business trip took him gradually east to Palm Desert. His last stop of the day was to drive to the gate on the Snow Canyon Road that the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) shares for a little more than a mile. This point is PCT mile 206.8. Lou parked here and walked uphill into the San Jacinto wilderness. The mountain itself towers 9,000 feet above the trail in this picture, something Fredricksen and Ledge will well remember. Today's walk climbed 1,006 feet of elevation, the most for a Tortoise walk so far in 2016, but only a tiny portion of the mountain. At PCT mile 204.3, light was fading quickly and it was time to turn around for today. Hope you enjoy the pictures and the day's walking thought by Paul Johnson ...
Cheerio!
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| An early view of San Jacinto from Beaumont |
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| The gate on Snow Canyon Road. Only authorized vehicles and trail users can continue south from here. |
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| Water is a precious commodity along the trail in the desert. This water fountain is a welcome treat! |
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| Looking back at the Snow Canyon community, near the gate mentioned earlier. |
Today's walk was 5.13 miles, done in 2:20:00 hours at an average pace of 27:17 minutes per mile. This route had an average 2.8 tortoise rating earned by climbing 1,006 feet in the 2.57 mile uphill portion. It had a steady slope that averaged 7.4% and peaked at 11%, as shown in all the bright purple colors in the elevation chart included with that map above. Average elevation was 1747. This walk burned 866 calories.
Here are the overall stats so far for 2016:
366.19 miles walked, compared with Lou's goal for this date of 363.06 miles.
27,119 total feet climbed so far in 2016, compared to a year-to-date goal of 22,344. Lou hopes to climb more than the 61,316 feet he climbed in 2015 -- but in less time each day than his 1:07:04 hour average in 2015. So far in 2016 Tortoise's walks have averaged 54:09 minutes each.
His average pace so far in 2016 has been 16:52 minutes per mile, compared with his 18:25 minute per mile pace in 2015.
Lou has walked 315 consecutive non-Sundays since his 8 missed days May 2-11, 2015. Overall he has walked on 418 of the 427 non-Sundays in 2015-16, a 97.89% consistency rating.
One step at a time can lead to great things!
And now for today's walking thought ...
"Toward the end of the inspiring oratorio Messiah, Handel put to beautiful music the Apostle Paul's words that rejoice over the Resurrection.
"'Behold, I [tell] you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
"'In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: ... the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
"'For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
"' ... Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
"'O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? ...
"'But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:51-55,57)
"I am grateful for the blessings that are ours because of the Atonement and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. For all who laid a child in a grave or wept over the casket of a spouse or grieved over the death of a parent or someone they loved, the Resurrection is a source of great hope."
The Tortoise is smiling!
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