Harrier Magazine March-April 2018 PREVIEW

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Hashing in Asia America Africa Fiji Europe

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Vol. 19 No. 2

March-April 2018

(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 (100th edition!) jwilkins@harriermagazine.com Europe Correspondent Julie Burgess jaburgess@planet.nl

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Africa Correspondent Julia Stanton Julia_Stanton@hotmail.com Contributors (in order of appearance) Editorial / Photos / Graphics Crotch Thumper Bun Bandit Quick Drawers Howard Mckay HashTravel.com Julia Stanton & Jacqueline Russell GoToTheHash.net fijiinterhash2018.com

Regular Contributors Kurt Bodmer, Julie Burgess, Paul Cade, Short Circuit, Jim Edens, Randall Salisbury, Ian Slater, Lisa Sukita, Jimmy Wilkins Contributors Welcome!

We welcome anything related to hashing. * All submissions are subject to the editor’s axe.

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Editor’s Notes Spring is here but hashers need not fear the Ides of this March. Start the month out right in the Bluegrass State with a tall pour of smooth Kentucky Bourbon. Visit all five Kentucky H3 chapters for the full bodied taste of KY fun.

For something completely different, set your sights on the Third Annual Montenegrin Nash Hash this May. Head for the hills of Old Kotor Town to run through 2000 year-old ruins, and some of the finest scenery in all of Europe.

Dress to impress the local citizenry at the Red Dress Run which will be part of the weekend festivities.

One of the larger HHH chapters in Asia can be found in the city of the Angels, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Our roving correspondent Quick Drawers visited the ACH3 recently, and sent his report on the local hashing scene.

Howard “Dances With Dogs” Mckay takes us back 31 years to Pattaya Interhash 1986.

Recollections such as these are important to preserve the rich history of the Hash before our old timers are not around to pass these morsels on to the new generations of hashers. Another chronicle of the Hash World turned twenty this year. Congratulations to GoToTheHash, and to Hazukashii for twenty years of dedication to this worthy cause.

If dangling your toes in a river of flesh-eating piranhas while cruising down the Amazon is your idea of adventure, then Automatic Balls has just the trip for you. From the prehistoric

cities of Lima and Cuzco, to the Andean peaks of Machu Pichu, and the Amazon Jungle, this journey sounds nothing short of amazing.

The island of Mauritius is another exotic destination to put on your bucket list. Head Mistress sends news about hashing in this African paradise.

The latest updates on Interhash in Fiji are in this edition. Five countries have stepped up to the plate to bid for Interhash 2020: India, New Zealand, Malaysia, Dubai, and Trinidad & Tobago. Voting will take place at Interhash in Fiji this May. I hope to see you on trail soon,

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Hashing in the Bluegrass

The Bourbon State of Kentucky CONTENTS

By Crotch Thumper

The Bluegrass State

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entucky’s nickname is The Bluegrass State, based on the fact that bluegrass is found in many of the lawns and pastures throughout the state (particularly in the northern part of Kentucky - including the metropolitan areas of Lexington and Louisville).

“Bluegrass” is the common name for grass of the genus Poa, which is a favored lawn and pasture grass in the eastern United States from Tennessee northward. Bluegrass is actually green - but in the spring bluegrass produces bluish-purple buds that give a rich blue cast to the grass when seen in large fields. Hills are generally rolling, and the soil is highly fertile for growing pasture. The Bluegrass Region is famous for its horse farms and of course the Kentucky Derby (the thoroughbred is the official state horse of Kentucky.

Most important of all about Kentucky, 95% of the world’s bourbon comes from this state.

There are five active hashes in four Kentucky cities: Horse’s Ass H3 and Lexington Lunatics H3 (Lexington), Louisville H3, Licking Valley H3 (Covington), and Governators H3 (Ft. Campbell- Shared border with Clarksville, TN). Let’s have a glimpse of hashing each of these kennels.

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OU have been invited to the Third Annual Montenegrin Nash Hash on the 10th to the 13h May 2018!

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Basically: Great runs, awesome food, hash goodies, music, beer & much much, more!

Plus, we will extract some extra loot from you by having our annual Red Dress Run at the same time.

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10th -13h May 2018!

Program: Thursday 10th May Plane, train or automobile your way to Montenegro.

Accommodation is a lovingly restored villa within the heritage listed town of Kotor. The property has 4 x 8 bed dorms, each with bathroom and kitchen plus an 8 bed apartment with double beds.

Registration at the hostel from 12:00 noon Thursday afternoon, Pizza’s & Pub crawl around the Old town Friday 11th May Registration till 12:00 noon at the Hostel 2:00pm – Red dress http://montenegro-eco.com/nashhash2018/ Run 5:00pm – Circle 7:00pm – Dinner at local restaurant – free flow beer and wine!

Saturday 12th May 11:30am – Start long run 12:30pm – Start short and Medium run 20:00pm – Dinner and entertainment – Theme: Home country traditional dress.

Sunday 13th May 10:00am – Recovery run and BBQ lunch

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Angeles City H3

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Angeles City Hashing, Pampanga, Philippines

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any hashes are located near major cities and are relatively easy to access on your own, or often with the help of a very hospitable local hasher. The Angeles City Hash takes a little more time and effort to reach, due to its location two hours north of Manila. The former Clark U.S. Air Base, near Angeles City, now has about a dozen airlines (most are Asia based except Emirates and Qatar) with flights using its facilities. Many of the other major airlines, serving the Americas or Europe, continue their service into the Manila international airport.

Once you arrive here the hotels, restaurants and bars are numerous and very affordable. That is one of the main incentives for former service members and other tourists to return, along with the areas warm weather, golf courses and shopping.

The ACH3 meets every Sunday afternoon at the Premier Hotel, for their 3PM sharp departure (2PM in winter months), out into the surrounding countryside to Hash. Your hash fee will get you a traditional Jeepney ride to/from the hotel to the A-A hash site, along with all the cold beer, juice, soda, or water you care to drink. The current rainy season’s threatening clouds thankfully spared the hash this Sunday, 17 September; but, they may have reduced todays attendance to only 60+ regulars and visitors!

Today’s hare was “Bush Diver”. ACH3 trails are pre-marked, so once hashers arrive at the run site (many regulars via personal vehicles) they are off with very little delay. Todays 7 K trail, located in the vicinity of the “bridge to

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Pin Pin”, “Truka Fuka’s Niece” and “Truka Fuka” (in back) heading on up part of trail

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Hash History

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by Howard Mckay

Pattaya 1986 Interhash

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was living in Hong Kong at the time of the first Interhash in 1978 but did not attend it. The event was the brainchild of a two members of the Kowloon Hash and I have contributed an earlier article on this. I did not start hashing until a year later, despite the repeated exhortations of several motocross mates who tried to get me along. My excuse was that I was in such an important and demanding job (ha ha) that it was impossible for me to make the 6 p.m. start time. I eventually got to a Hong Kong Hash run in April 1979 and, guess what?

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Somehow I was able to make that 6 p.m. start almost every Monday.

By the way, when I joined H4, “Drainoil” aka Bob Leonard, was a member of this hash. He is one of the few remaining stalwarts who have attended every Interhash to date. At last count there were three remaining, Drainoil, Philthy Phil and Cheebye. In my early days with H4, few folks had hash names and for those who did, it was often just their surname reversed. I had been hashing for about ten years before I obtained a ‘name’ as a result of being bitten by a dog on a hash run. Now it seems obligatory.

Although I was aware of the other following Interhash events, I did not finally sign up for one until 1986. This was organized by the late Tim Hughes who ran one of the first Hash magazines called “International Harrier”. As with this fine publication,

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2018 26 OCTOBER – 7 NOVEMBER 2018 FROM THE PACIFIC COAST AND AMAZON JUNGLE TO CUZCO AND MACHU PICCHU

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his will be an unforgettable experience sailing and visiting the Peruvian Amazon, where you will enjoy an exciting cruise around the Pacaya Samiria National Park or from a stay at a Lodge.

We propose to complement this interesting proposal with new and attractive proposals in Lima and Cuzco and of course… Machu Picchu, one of the wonders of the modern world complemented by unique little visited places and in environments of surprising naturalness, enclosing marked contrasts between the coast, the Andes and the Amazon jungle, without leaving aside their peaceful villages and native communities.

More Details & Registration: www.HashTravel.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOaeHMQZlL4 Hashing In The

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