The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: County

"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!

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Friday, August 28, 2015

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Mile 686. Tortoise had an opportunity early this evening to walk the Coal Creek Trail in Cedar City. Lou could feel the difference in elevation from his usual 3200 to the 5800 here, but he adjusted quickly and enjoyed the walk. To see the other pictures Tortoise took along this path, plus a map, other details of this walk, and the day's walking thought by Henry Eyring, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

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Mile 460. Tortoise drove in a caravan high up Kolob Terrace Road from the Cedar Canyon side, helping to shuttle participants in the La Verkin Stake pioneer handcart trek to the starting point. His walk today was to be an extra person to push a little harder on the handcarts when climbing hills such as the one at the beginning, shown above. Lou continued for about 2 1/2 miles, then when he reached the downhill section, he said goodbye to the handcart parties and returned to his car. It's a great way to help all of us, particularly our youth, appreciate our history and heritage!

For more pictures, a map, further details, and today's walking thought by James E. Faust, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

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Had two appointments in Cedar City to start my day and snuck in a short walk on the Coal Creek trail in between them. After later appointments back in Hurricane I did another walk there to get to my total goal for the day ... 3.31 miles with 255 feet climbed in 0:52:17 minutes. Tortoise rating: 4.5; Calories burned: 560. Please click below for a map and more pictures ...

Cheerio!

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My camera and I only did partial justice to this fine building
at the start of my first recorded walk in Becca's city

Today's walk of 0.75 miles, climbing 98 feet in 15 minutes, in Cedar City, Iron County, Utah was rated HumanaFit category 5 (Tortoise Rating: 2.9). This was the second straight day with a category 5 walk. Totals of my category 5 climbs is now 31.67 miles with 2,808 feet climbed in 11 hours 43 minutes. This activity brings my chapter 3 totals to 107.43 miles walked in 42 hours 31 minutes, with 6,714 feet climbed, and 13 swims totalling 4,440 meters in 4 hour 47 minutes.

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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 :-)

The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise

Friday, August 28, 2015

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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