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!

Thursday, May 31, 2012

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I walked 1.09 miles this evening, with 43 feet climbed, in 20 minutes. Chapter 3 totals are 27.93 miles walked in 11 hours 15 minutes, with 433 feet climbed, and 3 swims totalling 520 meters in 28 minutes.

I listened to "Abide in the Lord's Territory", by Elder Ulisses Soares of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, while walking. He states that

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I swam 200 meters this evening in 11 minutes, followed by 16 minutes walking in the pool, which I will count as 0.64 miles. Chapter 3 totals are 26.84 miles walked in 10 hours 55 minutes, with 390 feet climbed, and 3 swims totalling 520 meters in 28 minutes.

Eating today:

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I walked slowly a half a mile in 15 minutes. Chapter 3 totals are 26.20 miles walked in 10 hours 39 minutes, with 390 feet climbed, and 2 swims totalling 320 meters in 17 minutes.

Eating today:

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Happy Memorial Day! I did two walks, each a half a mile in 15 minutes. First was in two cemeteries remembering friends who have left us, second was a walk in the woods

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A quiet holiday weekend Sunday with family. I walked a half a mile in 15 minutes total of the halls of church and the stairs of the house. Weekly weigh-in today was

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I went to the LDS Church home pack dry cannery today with Willyne, Darin, and Benjamin. We did 139 number 10 cans of sugar, 12 cans of black beans, 10 cans of rice, and 12 cans of macaroni. Lots of lifting, then we took it all home to the basement ... more lifting. If I was writing for my tax and money blog I would tell you how I believe this is a good investment and also a way to eat better food for less money. But this is about Terreeeblay, so I will tell you that this work lasted most of 4 hours. So that's where 30 minutes of slow walking and 30 minutes of weight lifting is coming from that you see below the eating in the livestrong chart. Here are some

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I swam 170 meters in 10 minutes this evening, followed by 35 minutes of walking in the pool, which I will count as 1.40 miles, about what I would have walked on the street in that time.

Chapter 3 totals are 23.20 miles walked in 9 hours 9 minutes, with 390 feet climbed, and 2 swims totalling 320 meters in 17 minutes.

I got a big smile today when

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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

Thursday, May 31, 2012

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

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Monday, May 28, 2012

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Sunday, May 27, 2012

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

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