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Discover the Angkor Temples and Explore the Khmer Empire with Victoria

Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa, inspired by 20th century colonial architecture and design, is located next to the King’s Residence, overlooking the Royal Gardens. At only ten minutes from the Angkor Vat, the hotel provides a sense of serenity with the nostalgic comfort and elegant reďŹ nement of the French Art de Vivre.

To book, please contact us :

VICTORIA ANGKOR RESORT & SPA - Central Park P.O. Box 93145, Siem Reap Town, Kingdom of Cambodia Tel : +855 63 760 428 Fax : +855 63 760 350 Email : resa.angkor@victoriahotels.asia

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Victoria Hoi An Resort is located along a stretch of pristine white-sand beach with one side facing the river and the other facing the sea. The resort oers a warm, restful retreat replicating a traditional ďŹ shing village with small streets, water ponds and village houses with clay-tiled roofs.

For reservations, please contact us at:

VICTORIA HOI AN BEACH RESORT & SPA - Cua Dai Beach, Hoi An Town, Quang Nam, Vietnam Tel : +84 510 3927 040 | Email : resa.hoian@victoriahotels.asia | http://victoriahotels.asia

Vol. 13 No. 5

May 2014

Editor’s Notes

(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 Sean Gilmour seanspg@gmail.com Europe Correspondent Julie Burgess jaburgess@planet.nl International RDR Editor Jay Hopkins hopkins.jay@gmail.com Contributors: Editorial / Photos / Graphics Julie Burgess, Bruce “Liberace” Kekule, Cabbage Knievel, Kuntfoo, Free 2 Lay, Skid Mark, Larry Maxwell, Micro, Alan Winter, Michael “The Vicar” Younger Regular Contributors: Kurt Bodmer, Julie Burgess, Paul Cade, 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.

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the magazine, its advertisers, publisher or contributors.

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The merry month of May blooms with a colorful bouquet of festive events around the world. In Europe, the Prague H3 celebrates 30 years of hashing in the Czech Republic.

The Vindobona H3 celebrates 1700 runs in Austria, and the Bicester H3 turns 40 in Oxfordshire, England.

In Asia, Thai Nash Hash kicks off in Pattaya the first week of May, while the Wagga Wagga H3 celebrates 2000 runs in OZ. Pan Asia Hash is set for the following week in Bali, Indonesia.

New York hashers head to Camp Woodhaven for NURD 2014, and the jHavelina H3 honors the beloved Lady in Red with its annual Red Dress Run in Tucson, Arizona. The Jaco Costa Rica Jungle Run promises deep shiggy each day and rum powered escapades in the light of the Costa Rican moon.

May features include the upcoming Oslo H3 25th Anniversary, and the journey of a Pattaya expat family returning to hash in jolly old Yorkshire. The Beer Odyssey of the decade is coming up in Brussels, so study up on Belgium Beers-Part III.

Who are the FHKIT and where will they go this year? And finally, find out why “What happens in Chiang Mai” should probably stay there.

The Harrier Magazine Team in Asia, America, Europe and Oceania looks forward to seeing you at a hash in the coming months.

See you on trail, Jim Edens, Editor-in-Chief Harrier Magazine – Fun on the run since 2002 International Edition with readers in 100 countries www.HarrierMagazine.com

WEWant You! We • Photos • Articles • Letters to Editor See your stuff published around the world!

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Why does the Oslo H3 have it so good?

Hashing in Yorkshire Visitors Guide to Belgian Beer III 50 Shades of Red - SDH3 Kuntfu Reports: Beijing Chiang Mai Hash Trash: 1000th Run FHKIT

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Brussels Beer Odyssey 2014 Original RDR: San Diego Glasgow Commie Hash 16th Indochina Mekong Hash Chennai Hash heads to Kathmandu Hash 2015: Pondicherry, India Thai Nash Hash 10th Malaysian Nash Hash 2014 Pan Indo Hash 2015 Chiangmai AGFU 2018 Interhash Bid, Fiji Hannover H3 30th Anny USA Nash Hash 2014 Vinyard Hash: Greece Asia Pacific Hash 2014: Bali Asia Pacific Hash 2016: New Zealand Amari Midnight Charity Run 2014

Editor’s Welcome Hash Boy Hash Calendar Running Calendar Humor: On the Ice Looking Ahead Back Issues 38 48 65 74 76 78 89 90 91 91 93 95 96 98 100 100 106

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North Yorkshire lad born and breed it was very rare I left my home county and if I did I was soon back, as Dorothy said “there’s no place like home”.

Starting to talk about my experiences about Yorkshire Hashing from Thailand may sound strange but it’s here that my hashing life started!

It’s thus I feel I should begin my story here in Pattaya. Our eldest son Steve came to live here and wasn’t coming home to see his mother every now and then like a good lad should.

So we decided to go to Thailand for a holiday so mother could see him!

To cut a long story short on our third annual visit 2004 he took us Hashing for our very first time, totally unprepared for the experience we muddled through, he still wouldn’t come home? Wonder why!! So we repeated our experience, but were now prepared for what was going to happen on this hashing job which was now one of the priorities.

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here is a certain romance associated with Lambic folklore of Belgium. Producing the Lambic based beers is not only a process, it is an art form steeped in history. The Lambic region is in the Senne River Valley on the edge of Brussels, with a landscape of rolling hills, forests and the perennial blue bells which sweep forest floor in a carpet of blue for 2 weeks in April. Some of the famous Lambic towns include Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Alsemburg, Dworp and Beersel.

by Larry Maxwell & Julie Burgess photos by Alan Winter

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“Sour” and “acidic” are the words that spring to mind when Lambic, or Lambiek in Flemish, is mentioned. The Lambic unique sour character is the result of spontaneous fermentation by wild yeasts and bacteria. Today many brewers carefully propagate and control the various strains of yeast that go into a Lambic; however, a few breweries still use the traditional 16th century method of opening the windows and allowing whatever is floating in the Brussels air come to live and reproduce in their beer. Lambic is not brewed in the summer months due to the increase in undesirable bacteria in the air.

The Lambic peculiarities don’t stop there. Rather than using fresh hops, brewers use aged hops. Old hops have lost the bitterness and have a conservation quality.

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ore than 275 hashers were tied up at the September 2013 Original Red Dress Run, in San Diego, California. But not with knots but with beer, tunnels and adventure. The sight was unbelievable with 50 Shades of Red and then some. Our t-shirts had ties on them and one brave soul made a dress of ties. It was again San Diego team delivering another great event. The event consisted of three days of hashing.

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First day had a Friday night Pink run. The guidelines are to wear something with pink. And we usually do a couple of beer checks, but each is different with its own fun.

After running and drinking with 250 of yours friends we end at The Hole. Where we chow down on the delicious makings of Dog Fish and then proceed to drink pitchers of beer and dance to tunes of our beloved DJ Paul.

Second day Saturday we offered for those still standing a Morning run, with the beautiful sites of San Diego, food and beer. Plus some very good drink checks, so good it had to be shut down to get

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