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

"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, September 19, 2014

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Troop 1 met tonight in Eagle Mountain to award Brian Smith his Wood Badge beads. It was very exciting to see him again. Brian was a very special Owl in our W2-591-12-5 group, and it was great to be a part of his beading, as well as to see our troop guide, Scott Anderson and also Jed Anderson again.

This and other business sent Tortoise north on a quick trip, so today's walk was along the Jordan River Parkway starting on Willow Lane in Lehi, going through the county campground at Willow Park, and continuing to milepost 5 and then retracing my steps. Total distance walked was 3.75 miles, with 40 feet climbed, in 1:07:44 hours. Tortoise rating was 5.5, while 585 calories were burned. For a map, pictures, and an M. Russell Ballard thought I heard along the trail, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

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Tired but smiling tent buddies preparing to bid a hearty Good Day! to Gilwell Field

Each day of this Wood Badge camp, I walked at least as far and climbed as much as I did on Saturday, July 21, so I will count 0.79 miles, climbing 85 feet, in 20 minutes at Tifie Scout Camp in the mountains a few miles east of Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah. It was a HumanaFit category 5 climb. Tortoise rating: 3.8. It was my 20th category 5 climb, and the eighth day in a row with one. Totals of my category 5 climbs is 28.62 miles with 2,490 feet climbed in 10 hours 42 minutes. Chapter 3 totals are now 89.02 miles walked in 35 hours 27 minutes, with 5,260 feet climbed, and 11 swims totalling 4,240 meters in 4 hour 34 minutes.

Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

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Welcome to the mountain ... wild turkeys!

I walked 0.79 miles, climbing 85 feet, in 20 minutes at Tifie Scout Camp in the mountains a few miles east of Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah. It was a HumanaFit category 5 climb (Tortoise Rating: 4.1). It was my 13th category 5 climb, and first since July 16. Totals of my category 5 climbs is 23.09 miles with 1,895 feet climbed in 8 hours 22 minutes. Chapter 3 totals are now 83.49 miles walked in 33 hours 7 minutes, with 4,665 feet climbed, and 11 swims totalling 4,240 meters in 4 hour 34 minutes.

Here's a map and more ...

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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 :-)

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