The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise

"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, April 30, 2011

89

Day 5 - I walked 805 m (0.50 mi.) today with 6.10 m (20 feet) of elevation gain in 12 minutes.

Series 2B totals 7,241 m (4.50 miles) in 1 hour 31 minutes, with 42.68 m (140 feet) climbed.

Friday, April 29, 2011

88

Day 4 walked 1609 m (1.00 mi) - around the elementary school and back home in 18 minutes. 6.10 m (20 feet) estimated elevation gain.

Series 2B totals 6,436 m (4.00 miles) in 1 hour 19 minutes, with 36.58 m (120 feet) climbed.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

87

Day 3 walked 1609 m (1.00 mi) - 9 Hurricane, UT city blocks - in 20 minutes. 12.19 m (40.00 ft) estimated elevation gain.

Series 2B totals 4827 m (3.00 miles) in 1 hour 1 minute, with 30.48 m (100 feet) climbed.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

86

Day 2 walked at least 1609 m (1.00 mi) - 10 Hurricane, UT city blocks - in 22 minutes. 12.19 m (40.00 ft) estimated elevation gain.

Series 2B totals 3218 m (2.00 miles) in 41 minutes, with 18.29 m (60 feet) climbed.

If you're wondering about Series 2A (OK, really, who cares, but here it is anyway...), you may not have even noticed my tweet with my one day return to walking in the middle of my break. So every time I start over, the letter will go up. Let's hope I never make it to Z, you never know what I'll call it after that ...

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

85

Series 2B, Day 1 ...

Walked 1609 m (1.00 miles) around the elementary school and back home in 19 minutes. There might even be 6.10 m (20 feet) of a climb returning home from the school.

Terreeeblay is on an extended break while work is being done on the bathroom. Walking outside requires two allergy pills. Walking inside would probably knock me flat, no matter how many allergy pills I take ...

Thanks to Doug for guessing 100 miles would come first and Benjamin for guessing 100 days would come first.

Since I concluded Series 2 at day 96, I guess we'll all have to wait a few months to see who guessed right ...

See you tomorrow for day 2!

Saturday, April 9, 2011

84

Day 94 - Walked 1609 m (1.00 mi) at 2% grade in 25 minutes mostly outside today. Elevation gain 32.18 m (105.58 ft) -- up lots of stairs.

Series 2 total 91.20 miles (146.77 km) in 34 hours 32 minutes. And for Benjamin, total elevation gain since Apr 2 is 424.90 m (1394.05 ft).

See you Monday!

Friday, April 8, 2011

83

Day 93 - Walked 1.38 miles at 5% grade with Terreeeblay in 26 minutes. Elevation gain 111.02 m (364.24 ft)

Series 2 total 90.20 miles (145.16 km) in 34 hours 7 minutes. And for Benjamin, total elevation gain since Apr 2 is 392.72 m (1288.47 ft)

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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 :-)