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Vol. 15 No. 3
March 2016
(Formerly Asia-Pacific Harrier)
www.harriermagazine.com Editor / Publisher Jim Edens publisher@harriermagazine.com
Administration Lisa Sukita customerservice@harriermagazine.com Design / Artwork / Photos / Layout Digital Edition / Website Jimmy Wilkins jwilkins@harriermagazine.com America Correspondent Gina Lollobrigida: s.machine.ph4@gmail.com
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Europe Correspondent Julie Burgess: jaburgess007@gmail.com Africa Correspondent Julia Stanton: Julia_Stanton@hotmail.com Contributors (in order of appearance): Editorial / Photos / Graphics Freetown2015 Organizing Committee India SC Nash Hash Committee Julia Stanton Three Inches of Pain & The GZH3 Mismanagement IH 2018 Bidding Committee Short Stump Charlene Meyers, VRFR Committee, Chris Runnells, Jessie Tunison Stockholm H3 Regular Contributors: Kurt Bodmer, Julie Burgess, Paul Cade, Jim Edens, Randall Salisbury, Ian Slater, Lisa Sukita, Stockholm H3, Jimmy Wilkins Contributors Welcome! We welcome anything related to hashing. * All submissions are subject to the editor’s axe. DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the magazine, its advertisers, publisher or contributors.
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Editor’s Notes Beware of the Ides of March was the soothsayer’s warning to Julius Ceasar in 44 AD. If old Julius would have taken heed he might have headed out to celebrate the season at the Feast of Anna Perenna instead of meeting a bloody death at the hands of his friends in the Roman Senate. The Ides and the entire month of March look much brighter if you are a hasher in the Indian subcontinent this month. Agra, the City of Love, will host a love fest in the shadow of the Taj Mahal for Indian Nash Hash. This notable event marks the Silver Jubilee of hashing in the Indian subcontinent. Guangzhou is the venue for the 15th All China Nash Hash. According to questionable sources, the Chinese Navy has just finished building another island, so the Ballbuster Trail will actually start in the Philippines. Speaking of the Philippines (and who doesn’t these days), that venerable old Wild Wolf will host his 8th Annual “Last Hash Bash Ever-or at least until next year” in Puerto Galera. Those with physical challenges may need a team of nursemaids to tow them up some of PG’s fabled peaks. In defiance of Khmer Rouge dictates, Cambodia Nash Hash sticks a finger in the
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air to Pol Pot and Brother 69 as it invades Sihanoukville this month. An offshore cruise may be the last we see of this merry lot of mischief makers. Meanwhile back in the Americas, the Orange County Hash House Harriers present the last hurrah for the Betty Ford Rehab XXX in Palm Springs, California. This event is renown for its hilarious Nut N Honey T-shirt designs - some of the most hilarious to ever grace the hash world. You may be asking,”What became of my registration fees from Pan Africa Hash 2015 in Freetown?” when the country was put under quarantine due to the Ebola Pandemic. Read all about it and if you don’t like it file an official complaint with the government. Lagos will host the next Pan Africa Hash, and organizers have gone on record to claim that the event will go on as planned regardless of plague, revolution, or even worse if Donald Trump is crowned king. Enjoy the irreverent hash humor of the Stockholm Absolut Hash Trash, and Nut N Honey’s Adventures of Hash Boy. With scores of great events coming up in the months ahead, I hope to see you on trail in 2016. On On,
Jim Edens
Editor-in-Chief & Founder Harrier Magazine - Fun on the run since 2002 International Edition with readers in 50 US states & 100 countries
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On The Cover: India & Java together at last! Photo Montage By: Jimmy Wilkins
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Aloha 25th Anny Cruise Full Moon Nash Hash Swiss Nash Hash 2016 Indochina Mekong Hash 2016 2017 Pan Asia Hash, Korea Subic 23rd Anny M3H3 PI 200th Cambodia Nash Hash 2016 Interhash 2016 Bali Fiji- 21st Interhash 2018 Bid Eurohash Vienna 2017 Isle of Wight Medieval Weekend Medan Interhash 2018 Bid Hawaii Volcano Rainforest Runs Amari Midnight Charity Run 2016 Mongolia Sunrise-Sunset
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AGRA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA AN ODE TO AVI “LOVE CHICKEN” BINDRA
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elhi/Capital/Party Hash House Harriers: the three hashes of Delhi invite you to get your hashing backsides & attached bodies to the NASH HASH of INDIA to be held in Agra (Uttar Pradesh) from March 25th to 27th 2016. This Hash is dedicated as an Ode to our Numero Uno Hasher of India – who is no more with us in body but definitely present in spirit AVI ”Love Chicken” BINDRA who founded the 1st Hash of India at Delhi, known as: Delhi Hash House Harriers, on December 31st 1983.
The Nash Hash will be held at The City of Love – Agra (in Uttar Pradesh) – epitomized by its symbol TAJ MAHAL, which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The event will take place at the sprawling accommodation of ITC Mughal – which is a part of chain of luxury hotels in India.
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Addis Ababa Hash House Harriers
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pril will bring the 15th All-China Nash Hash to Guangzhou, where the Guangzhou Hash has been working long and hard (sounds like...) to bring you China’s best hashing weekend of 2016. Hashers from around China and throughout the world will descend upon Southern China’s largest city, which features the sharp contrasts between ancient and modern; urban and natural; and heavy fitness and devoted drinking.
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rom hard-core to newbie Hashers, adventure-seekers the world over will never forget the mysterious Hash trails of the steaming Sarawak, Borneo jungle, where fierce headhunters once roamed hundreds of years ago on the world’s third largest island. When speaking of Borneo, the first ideas that spring to mind are the long houses, ancient rainforests, magnificent culture and adventure, and of course headhunters.
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Rain Forest Runs Feel the power of the Big Island of Hawaii on August 20, 2016 while running on one of the world’s most active volcanoes, Kilauea. The Volcano Rain Forest Runs are held at cool elevation of 4,000 feet in the quaint village of Volcano just outside of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. There are three runs - half marathon, 10K and 5K. All courses traverse the village roads in the lush native rain forest while the half marathon continues into the majestic ranchlands with stunning views of the14,000 foot volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. All pure inspiration for the soul. The events are open to runners and walkers of all ages and abilities, participating for health, enjoyment and excitement. Start/Finish is at Cooper Center on Wright Road in Volcano Village.
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GLOW AT HALEMAUMAU CRATER ON THE SUMMIT OF K INSIDE HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK 4 MILES FROM THE START/FINISH OF THE VOLCANO RAIN FOREST RUNS IN VOLCANO VILLAGE ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII.
Photos by Charlene Meyers, VRFR, Chris Runnells, Jessie Tunison
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