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to the September 2012 monthly digital edition of Harrier Magazine
Greetings to all our readers and welcome to the second edition of Harrier Magazine’s new monthly digital edition. For those subscribers who were a bit too busy to log on to the August digital edition, you can do so at any time, and I encourage you to do so. The August and September digital editions contain over 140 pages of content not found in our quarterly print edition. Over the last month I have been in one of the most active Hash Hubs on the planet. San Diego, California is home to some 18 HHH clubs, which run from once a month, as is the case of the San Diego Full Moon Hash, to twice a week. Diid you know that the Full Moon Hash, as well as the Original Red Dress Run, and the Pick-Up Hash started right here in San Diego, decades ago and then spread around the globe? This edition features a cornucopia of HHH and running tales from around world from the DivaHHH in Europe, to the the Tuff Liver Hash in the USA, and the annual Angkor Wat 1/2 Marathon
in Siem Reap, Cambodia. How about the Beer Mile, or a secret HHH chapter at a “dry” college campus on the East coast of the USA? There is something of interest to almost anyone in the monthly digital editions. Hashing and running are indeed alive and well around the planet. For our more cerebral readers, “Whither Interhash 2012” is a topic to ponder, as is a nostalgic look back at when the World Hash Directory was printed on paper instead of a digital directory as was the case at the last Interhash. Planning your next hash holiday? How about *80 Days Hashing Around the World” or one of the other 50 or so HHH and running events in this publication that are coming up soon. Please remember to send us your stories, photos and news of your upcoming events. Harrier Magazine is the only monthly world HHH publication, so news from your corner of the globe is always welcome!
I hope to see you on trail soon, Jim “Bimbo” Edens, Editor-in-Chief Harrier Magazine - Fun on the run since 2002 International Edition with readers in 120 countries www.HarrierMagazine.com
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(Formerly Asia-Pacific Harrier)
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Administration Lisa Sukita customerservice@harriermagazine.com Design and Photography Jimmy Wilkins jwilkins@harriermagazine.com America Correspondent Sean Gilmour seanspg@gmail.com
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Interhash without leaving home! World Peace Through Beer is an annual event held on the closest hashing day to United Nations Day, Oct. 24. Any hash may join by setting a run featuring beers from as many nations as can be enjoyed.We are helping all beer-producing nations by encouraging production and consumption of beer, and helping various hash groups open their eyes to the variety of beers and flavours enjoyed by hashers everywhere.
World Peace Through Beer Agana H3 * Alamogordo HHH * Amarillo H3 * Anchorage H3 Angkor H3 * Auckland North Shore Hussies H3 * Austin H3 Baghdad H3 * Bern H3 * Brenham H3 * Bangkok H3 * Boston H3 Brisbane Northside H3 * Burlington H3 * Charlotte H3 Colorado H3 * Colorado Kimchi H3 * Columbian H3 Columbus C2H5OH * Copenhagen Viking H3 * Crystal Coast H3 Dallas H3 * Denver H3 * Dili Puddlejumpers H3 * Eerie H3 El Paso H3 * Every Day is Wednesday * Fort Eustis H3 Fremantle Heave Ho H4 * Gold Coast FMH3 * Golden HHH Governators H3 * Hampton H3 * Hartford H3 * Heartland H3 Heidelberg H3 * Horse’s Ass H3 Houston H3 * Howlin’ H3 AZ Kansas City H3 * Knuckledraggers H3 * Las Vegas H3 Lake Somerville Rogue H3 * LincolNE H3 * Little Rock H3 Lubbock H3 * Memphis H3 * Middle Georgia H3* Munich H3 Minneapolis H3 * Moody Blues H3 * Mt. Vernon H3 Music City H3 * Nagoya H3New Orleans H3 * North County H3 Okinawa H3 * Oklahoma City H3 * Omaha H3 * Oregon H3 Osan Bulgogi H3 * O.U.C.H.3 * Prick of the Prairie H3 Panama City H3 * Reno BNH4 * Phoenix H3 * Pike’s Peak H3 Pooflingers H3 Prick of the Prairie H3 * Puget Sound H3 Rocket Shitty H3 Rotten Groton H3 * Sacile Madness H3 Sacramento H3 * San Antonio H3 * Saipan H3 * Seattle H3 H3 of SantO Barbara * Sembach H3 Seoul PMS H3 * Sin City H3 Siem Reap H3 * St. Louis H3 * Stuttgart H3 * Sumo HHH Survivor H3 * Swift Pope Area H3 * Summit H3 * Tampa Bay H3 Tornado Alley H3 * Ventura County H3 * Vicenza Derelicts H3 Vientiane H3 * Warner Robbins H3 * Wellington H3 White House HHH * WTF H3 * Yellow Brick Road H3 Yuma HHH * Yongsan Kimchi H3 * Zurich H3
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Letters Dear Editor, Praise for the
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n one of the more sober moments on the way to Jogjakarta for my ninth Interhash, I was reminded of the tremendous value of having a copy of The Hash Directory. Approached by an obviously sceptical fellow, questioning my slightly politically incorrect hash t-shirt, I was able to convince him of the Hash’s world-wide connections only by showing him a Hash Directory. So impressed was he that he parted clutching a slip of paper with a note of his nearest hash, although I doubt Mount Vernon HHH will thank me. Which brings me to the great advantage of travelling with a Hash Directory. The details listed have been provided by a network of regional hash websites who freely publish details about hashing for various areas that cover the entire world. These websites are maintained by hash volunteers who hash in respective regions and, therefore, are able to share local hashing knowledge. This can be invaluable when you are in desperate need of some congenial hashing company and a beer or three. The rapid growth in the use of the internet has been a boon for the hashing community but there are many times when that technology is not available or not working and it is much quicker to look up a Hash location. The Directory is a powerful weapon for hashing – I once used its information to persuade a yacht’s captain to change course and head for Ascension Island on an Atlantic crossing, but I think he was more interested in the drinking than the running! Many thanks and beers to the many hashers who provide the updates and even more down-downs to those who make the Directory happen. GATES THE GODFATHER WESSEX HASH HOUSE HARRIERS - UK
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WHITHER INTERHASH 2012?
another rant by Frank “Whorator” Benfield
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t is the purpose of this paper to argue for the establishment of a form of InterHash council to provide responsible, principled guidance for InterHash committees to correct the current parlous even dysfunctional state of some InterHash f u n c t i o n a l and financial management.
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In its July–September 2010 edition, Harrier Magazine published evidence and justification that the management of Kuching InterHash 2010 (Kuching IH2010) had for some time been dysfunctional
(http://www.HarrierMagazine.com/
- click on the July-September edition).
Leading up to the recent Borobudur InterHash 2012 (Borobudur IH2012), the consequences of that dysfunction came into sharp focus when Kuching IH2010 failed to comply with requests to provide the InterHash Start-Up Fund of US$25,000.00 properly transferred to it by Perth InterHash 2008. Awareness of this financial malfeasance by Kuching IH2010 is now widespread within the InterHash community and sadly that is now THE legacy of Kuching IH2010. But that 14 HARRIER
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is not the end of the matter for according to Kuching IH2010’s Treasurer, Kuching IH2010 retained almost MR600,000.00 including the Start-Up Fund in its bank accounts. On 23 May 2012, Kuching IH2010 finally remitted US$24,970.00 comprising the Start-Up Fund less unpaid bank fees to Borobudur IH2012 after the situation was revealed to the InterHash community by Borobudur IH2012.
rm to fo il y r a c s eces sh coun le, n t i b a Is erH onsi to t p n I s e an er ce ovid guidan es? r p to methodology in its itte led ncip h comm i r p “Social Obligations” rHas Inte which it defines to mean wer: s n a “Any profit from the only e h T event we will distribute to local charities, Hash Heritage Foundation, next InterHash Organiser and maximum 20% balance to organizing chapters”. In the order of this distribution of profits, readers will see the priorities of Hainan IH2014. One wonders at the justification for funding the troubled Malaysian-based Hash Heritage Foundation. However, review of the organisers listed provides the explanation in the links to Malaysia. If (Hainan IH2014 Chair) Mahai, who has personal links with Malaysia, had only InterHash priorities he and his organisers would first limit the registration costs of HIH14.
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There is nothing positive in this malfeasance by Kuching IH2010. But the situation does highlight the parlous state of some InterHash management. InterHash now presents an opportunity for rampant commercialism and individual and Club enrichment. Additionally, charity donations are outrageously excessive and designed to enhance the standing of Hashers in non-Hash communities. Examples of such outcomes also exist in the management of InterHashes in KL Therefore, it is once more time to ask IH1998 and Goa IH2002. the question: Is it necessary to form an Sadly, Hainan InterHash 2014 (Hainan InterHash council to provide responsible, guidance to InterHash IH2014) has adopted a similar principled
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committees? The answer to a similar question asked in the Harrier Magazine July–September 2010 edition remains the only answer: YES! Such an InterHash institution (title to be decided) can identify and define the components and parameters of an InterHash. There is no shortage of eminent InterHashers with great business knowledge, skills and management experience who could fulfill the responsibilities inherent in any such InterHash institution. Efficient use of modern internet facilities would enable such an InterHash Institution to operate across InterHashdom without the cost of regular face-to-face meetings. Prior to Borobudur IH2012, a gathering of eminent InterHashers considered this issue as an informal InterHash Advisory
Group (IAG). Such meetings and considerations are not novel but unfortunately plans formulated in the past have never been implemented.
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The recent financial malfeasance of Kuching IH2010 provides justification, opportunity and motivation for the InterHash community to support the formation of an InterHash institution of the kind envisaged by the IAG. Now is the time for the InterHash community to unite, as it does at every InterHash and support the development of an InterHash institution with terms of reference enabling it: (i) to define the limitations & parameters of InterHash; and (ii) to provide the necessary management and financial direction and guidance to InterHash host management committees. Of course, there is much more detail to initiate, develop and implement concerning the InterHash institution, but the IAG should be given time and be empowered to do just that. This opinion piece has set out the justification for the establishment of an institution to provide responsible, principled guidance for InterHash committees to correct the current parlous even dysfunctional state of some InterHash functional and financial management. It is time for the InterHash community to support the IAG as it works towards the creation of this InterHash institution. NOW is the time to bring such a concept to fruition and in the process answer the question: Whither InterHash 2012? On on forever Frank “Whorator� Benfield Mooloolaba H3 Qld
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he El Lay Metro Hash hosted their annual event on the first Saturday in June in Gardena, California. Almost every year since 2002, they have laid a trail containing four distinct elements. First, the starting time is early afternoon and trail lasts several hours. Secondly, there is at least one ride on a Los Angeles Metro train. Third, the pack must visit at least one dive bar. Lastly, as much of the trail as possible is laid through neighborhoods described as ‘a little slice of life.’
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This year’s event, known as Tuff Livver, was spawn from improvisation due to the rebuilding of Los Angeles Metro’s transit system. In the past, the EL Lay Metro Hash has run events such as the ‘Running of the Bullshit’, the ‘Trihashathon’, and the ‘Rerunning of the Bullshit.’ Runs are purposely held where the area’s demographics can almost guarantee gawkers and spectator participation. This year the Metro’s Expo Line wasn’t quite ready for a traditional El Lay Metro trail, so Tuff Livver was born.
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So why did the ELMH choose to spoof on Tough Mudder, a race-ist series of obstacle runs growing popularity with hashers and mortals alike? The answer appears to be that the ELMH feel that the Tough Mudder tagline, “probably the toughest event on the planet” is laughable and that their idea of an obstacle course trail completed by teams with no emphasis on finish times is far from unique. Tuff Livver did however
embrace one aspect of Tough Mudder, and encouraged participants to arrive in costume themed teams. Tuff Livver participants were led by the ELMH hares, Damian the AntiChrist, Detachable Penis, Hard in the Saddle, and Sin D Bear, on a 7 mile trail with 9 alcohol related “Challenge Checks.” The whole ordeal was promised to last 5 hours, with
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no more than a mile between challenges. Some of the challenges were dubbed the “Mad Dog Dunk”, “Hit Me With Your Best Snot”, “Chug & Chew”, and “Fire and Ice – Ice.” As hashers arrived at each of the challenges they were placed in groups of 3 to perform the challenges. In order to ensure everyone had ample time to mock each other, the pack was held from continuing trail until the vast majority of the pack had finished the challenge. Overall, Tuff Livver lived up to their selfcreated credo, “We overcome all beers! Shots! Wine!” The 112 attendees consumed 40 cases of beer, and 6 gallons of liquor, obliterating previous ELMH stats! Trail ended with the usual down-downs and a bilious green themed barbeque.
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he DIVAHHH, a group of European harriettes with big personalities, started in the Netherlands in 2004. Men are welcome as well, yet they are put to work, either as Toy Boys, who carry the load, or Sugar Daddies, who pay the bill. One of the first events organized by DIVAHHH was the Red Dress Run through Amsterdam, Prelube to Eurohash 2005. Residents and tourists alike marvelled at the sea of 200 red dressed hashers, running along the canals and through parks of Amsterdam. After the trail and circle, there was a rocking party at Coco’s Restaurant, our sponsor and the wildest pub in Amsterdam. Dancing on the tables
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and strip ping pong ensued until the early hours of the morning. The proceeds from the Red Dress Run were donated to the Red Cross, and then matched by Coco’s.
beer paradise in Brussels in the southerly direction towards the Champagne region. After several tasting trips, Baggy Snatch and her Toy Boy, Half Monty, tho*ght they might be on to something for the wider After several runs and the success of hashing consumption. Teaming up with Amsterdam, the DIVAs were looking for a Yark Sucker and the DIVAs, the DIVA new challenge, embarking on an extensive Champagne weekend was born in March voyage of discovery to find the perfect 2009 in Reims, France. On this weekend bubbles across Europe. The idea is to visit in the Champagne region, a coach load the best bubbly wine growing regions in of hashers got around three Champagne Europe every couple of years, until we’ve vineyards, five Champagne tastings, and completed our tick list and quenched our they even managed some great trails. thirst (will that ever happen?). As DIVAs For truly thirsty hashers and consummate are also hashers, beer is tolerated and overachievers, another seven tastings were available, yet the emphasis is on sampling on offer during the DIVAHHH Champagne and appreciating bubbly wines between University course. The weekend was hash trails. rounded off with a black tie dinner/dance and the super posh Pommery champagne. The next DIVAHHH weekend will be in the Prosecco Region of Northern Italy in As well as scenic hashing trails through October 2012. Planned is a weekend of the vineyards, the hashers learn about Prosecco tastings and trails across the hilly the region, the history and how to taste vineyards of the inner Prosecco region. the wines correctly. Yes, it is possible to Only certain Prosecco Wines from this learn something on a hash weekend! To region, located between Valdobbiadene do justice to the wide selection of bubbly and Conegliano, can be awarded the top wines across Europe, the DIVAs have Prosecco Status of DOCG. The DIVAHHH a plan for further Bubbly weekends over mission is to sample a varied high quality the next years. After Champagne (France) selection of Prosecco wines and come 2009 and Prosecco (Italy) 2012, look out away with a much better appreciation of for: this relatively unhashed region. True to the proximity with Venice, the weekend special DIVAHHH Bubbly Post Lube to Brussels will be the Masked Ball on the Saturday 2014: Featuring Crémant in Alsace (France) night, giving ample room for DIVAs, Toy and yet another visit to Champagne. Boys and Sugar Daddies to surprise each other whilst dancing. Many hashers will be In the bubbly DIVAHHH future, we looking to make it a long weekend in the foresee adventures to Barcelona, Spain autumnal colours of the beautiful foothills for Cava; Vinho Verde, Portugal for of the Italian Alps. Espumante; Crimea, Ukraine for Krimsekt, BIZELJSKO, Slovenia for Penina, and http://diva.harrier.ch/ Esslingen, Germany for Sekt. The DIVAs for further details. plan more exciting programmes for the Bubbly weekends. DIVAHHH NEVER The quest for bubbly all started with a Remember, couple of errant hashers going off trail from RUNS OUT OF BUBBLY!
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attend the Earlham College Hash House Harriers runs on a weekly (if not more than that) basis. To start things off, our hash is a little bit different from many other hashes that happen around the world. A good introduction may be the Wikipedia article that is written about Earlham, where the hash has its own section. It reads: “Earlham has the only student-run Hash House Harriers running group, founded in 1989 and still continuing at present (2012). [It] has been described by visitors as the “Galapagos of Hashes” for the creativity and development of hashing practices. Open to all students who wish to inundate themselves on Earlham’s dry campus, the ECH3 (Earlham College Hash House Harriers) is an inclusive and musical bunch who uphold Quaker values. The Hash run takes place on the ‘back campus,’ which may include the back property of the neighboring cemetery, during all seasons.”
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You may ask about the unique practices that qualify us as the “Galapagos of hashes,” and there are a lot of them. One primary characteristic is that we are not a running group that drinks. Instead, as described by an old GM and good friend, THC, “We go back campus, drink beer, and sing dirty songs… It’s more than that. We’re a drinking club, with a running problem.” The conclusion that I draw from this despicably delicately worded description is that we are Earlham College’s replacement for fraternities and sororities. However, unlike Greek life, instead of being a bunch of roided pricks, we are worthless pisspots, a title that we happily embrace.
that are less than 4 words. Personally, I am “Nosy Cuddling Camper (*Yawn).” Our GM’s for next year are “Help Me, Vomiting Shoes,” “Lube Up My Dick in Church, Bro!” and “Christian Kicked the Hipster Gypsy.” Some other interesting names are “Mama’s Yeast, Philosophy Beast,” “Viking Dictator Searches for Porn on the Refrigerator, Hallelujah,” and “The Delinquent Defiled the Dragon’s Dick,” the latter of whom was my roommate this last year.
Our trails are also slightly different than others. Since we are primarily a drinking institution, we prefer drinking over running, which has led us to disregard running, unless it is a live trail, where the GM’s set We don’t f*ck around with names either. the trail while we are on it (in this situation, Many a hash has 2 or 3 word names, but if you catch up with the GM’s you earn our hash had to be a little more creative. yourself a free shooter or some exotic We don’t give names (with rare exception) alcohol). Instead of running, we casually
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meander our way through the thicket of trees that comprise “back campus,” a forest behind the primary campus, to the side of Clear Creek, where we proceed to get plastered. The last issue that I would like to address is our drinking procedure, which is, obviously, an integral part of the experience. Instead of drinking to our sins, we have concluded that sins are not enough to drink to, so, instead, we make “calls,” which range from “if you had sex last night, get in the water,” to “if you have not smoked weed today, get in the fucking water!” Only people with names are aloud to make calls and the call cannot include the person making it. Also, something that stands out about our drinking is that we do not drink a petty glass
of beer because a glass is terribly small. Instead we must drink a full can of beer. By the end of a hash, few members leave with less than seven delicious, mouthwatering beer beverages having been pumped down their respective esophagus. The last mandatory statement is that, since we are our own hash, we have our own hash anthem. It goes as follows: “We are the Earlham hashers/We’re happy to be here/We’ll short cut all your trails/And then we’ll drink your beer/We’ll fuck all your women/We’ll puke in your car/Cause we’re the Earlham hashers/And we’re the best by far!” Good night and hearty imbibing to all!
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his should be hashing on a whole new level. The idea is to circumnavigate the globe once within roughly 80 days and, outdoing Mr Fogg’s original bet, do at least one trail per country and of course general sightseeing and beer tastings at the local breweries.
and Iceland, then on to Florida, US and Argentina in South America (possibly even Antarctica –not sure yet!).
From now on, the only way is NORTH! This means back to the US (this time California) via Easter Islands and then via Alaska quickly crossing Russia and moving on to Central Asia, on the way stopping in Singapore, Beginning of the trip will be in Frankfurt, Malaysia, Cambodia/Vietnam and Thailand. Germany, on a luxury VIP bus with sleeping From Thailand we will continue to Central cabins and shower moving on through Asia. Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, and then back through Germany via Berlin and That is where the next highlight of this Hamburg to Poland and then on to Lithuania 80 day adventure starts. From Almaty in and Latvia. Kazakhstan, the trip will lead along the famous „Silk Road“ by train through the Next lap will be Scandinavia (including „Stan Countries“ Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Sweden and Norway), possibly Ireland and Turkmenistan. From there, the plane will
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go to Turkey and then back towards Europe. The last couple of countries (Italy, France, Spain and Portugal) will be crossed by plane, train and bus. Should there still be time left, there would be a possibility to add one last country and visit Northern Africa (Casablanca and Marrakesh in Morocco).
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The last leg of the journey will lead back to Frankfurt, where the tour started roughly 80 days prior. The trip will include all transport from Frankfurt on until the end of the trip (business class flights, VIP bus, standard and first class trains), all accommodation (while this means mixed types of accommodation, the idea is to stay on the luxurious side, so youth hostels will be avoided if at all possible), full board (depending on the possibilities), sightseeing and entry fees, transfers, goody bags and surprises, and of course hash run fees as well as the all important beer to keep everyone going. Only 20 people will be lucky enough to be able to go on this trip. If you would like to participate in only part of the trip, however, there are five possibilities to join the group along the way. There is the 2-week bus tour through Europe in the beginning of the trip or the “Silk-Road-Train” tour, which would take about 12 days. Alternatively, you could also sign up for the “America” tour, leading from the US around South America and back to the US, the “Asia” tour, which would last about 15 days or the last part of the trip, “Europe South”. You can find the exact route with all stops and cities as well as pricing and a registration form here: www.HashTravel.com
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common themed non-hashing activity, called a Beer Mile, is growing popularity amongst the hashing community. The earliest documentation of the beer mile can be traced baco to the late 1980’s. More information and a humorous list of beer mile variations can be found at http://www.beermile.com. The activity is simplistic; the participant consumes a 12oz beer, runs a quarter mile, and repeats the process until a distance of one mile is achieved. Each participant of the event is timed, and the shortest time wins. According to the website the fastest completion is four minutes six seconds, which clearly was not awarded to the oldest beer mile participant, a 78 year old from Kokanee, Canada.
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In Las Vegas, Nevada on June 16, 2012 it was damned hot. The dry heat peaked at 104 Fahrenheit. In true blue form, 24 hung-over hashers started trickling in with astounding punctuality. The spectators and volunteers who didn’t yet know they were volunteers were assigned their tasks. The old hats and regulars were all very excited as there were many new faces as well as visitors from different states and countries. Four cones were set 330 feet apart on a course that totaled a 1,320-foot loop. Multiply that by four laps and you get the standard 5,280 feet
needed for a mile. Some mathematicians in the group didn›t like the look of the course, they decided to get out the distance calculator and take a lap, and the course was spot on. The beer was ice cold, the runners vomit box was filled with kitty litter where participants could “unleash the beast”. The course was set; it was time for beer mile! Three heats of seven runners each were identified, the first of which stood ready. Four beers plus four laps equals foam puffing out of you like the Hsaw Aknow (those of you who don›t get the reference, I recommend you watch
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the original «Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory»). After the first heat, the sight of the three-way vomit shared by Alcoholiday, Put It In My Mouth Please, and Tikol Mie AnilHole was met with cheers, sneers and urges to hold down what you may have had in your own stomach. In her most lady-like fashion, Red Solo Cunt became the poster child for the next Beer Mile as a glorious golden glob started flowing from her mouth into the kitty litter.
Once all three heats had finished the group circled for down-downs after the Unofficial 2nd Anal Las Vegas Beer Mile. The front running bastard was Alcoholiday with a very fast 9 minutes 48 seconds, the DFL was Just Whitney with an astounding 50 minutes 31 seconds. Chief Shitting Bull received honorable mention for the grossest vomit. A good time was had by all and the group left with one suggestion; do this again in cooler weather!
Still an active mining town, Randsburg has starred in a number of movies including the 1991 cult classic “Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town.” Arriving early, some hashers checked out the town’s antique shops, museum, and had breakfast at the General Store. On this trip, time did not permit a visit to the local Indian Wells Brewing Company, about 20 minutes away. However, pints of the brewery’s Mojave Red were available at the White House Saloon and Floozy House. Some hashers stayed the weekend at cottages available through the Cottage
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n May 6th The Randsburg Hash House Harriers hared their annual trail. The pack, mostly consisting of southern Californian and a few Las Vegas hashers, gathered in the 100-year-old mining town located in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Los Angeles hashers Hozer and See More Buns founded the RH3 in 1995, which runs once a year on the first Sunday in May.
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hashers, all are welcome. This year’s trail was blogged by a no-name harriette, who was politely “Aloutted” during circle. All previously named hashers are eligible to be a Grand Master of the Randsburg hash if found acceptable during downRansburg’s trail offered hilly, rough desert downs. The title of Grand Master of the terrain. The trail consisted of a 4-mile Randsburg Hash is not given lightly, one turkey, and a 7-mile eagle, both started must return from trail alive, and be voted promptly at 11am. In the past, Zombie into the sacred order. Several visitors from checks have been in mine shafts where Las Vegas were inducted as GMs on this skeletons have been found on trail. Don’t particular Sunday. ask what is in a Zombie check drink, just hope you make it back alive to the The RH3 has no run fee, hashers buy and saloon for down-downs after you drink it. drink beer from the saloon or bring their Regardless, it was welcome refreshment own. The founder’s and hares provide on trail, albeit heavily spiked. pitchers of beer during down-downs in the private room at the saloon. For more While the RH3 is designed for named information on the Randsburg H3 go to:
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Hotel and the Randsburg Inn for very nominal rates. One thing every hasher must try is a Black Bart from the General Store; it’s possibly the best banana split you’ll ever have!
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Sep 7-9 2012: Pan Indo Hash 2012. Manado, Indonesia.
September 16, 2012 Lubbock H3 Red Dress Run http://www.facebook.com/LubbockH3 September 22, 2012 New York City Hash House Harriers Red Dress Run http://www.hashnyc.com/ October 6, 2012 Washington, DC Area Hash House Harriers Red Dress Run
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October 26-28, 2012 Las Vegas Red Dress Run http://www.lasvegashhh.com November 17, 2012 Little Rock Hash House Harriers 15th Annual Red Dress Run http://www.lrhash.com/ February 9, 2013 Aloha Hash House Harriers RDR http://alohah3.org/Default.htm For more Red Dress Run events, plus history, traditions and other information, go to www.RedDressRuns.org. You may also “like” the Red Dress Runs Facebook page and join the Twitter conversation with @RedDressRuns.
Sep 7-9 2012: Jacksonville H3 $ex On-On in the City. San Marco FL, USA. Sep 14-16 2012: Get a Life H3 Campout. Silverwood Lake CA, USA. Sep 14-16 2012: Voodoo Monkey 2012. Conroe TX, USA. Sep 17 2012: Subic Bay H3 1000th. Barrio Barretto, Olongapo, Philippines. Sep 21-23 2012: Isle of Wight H3 Great North-South Run. Isle of Wight, UK. Sep 21-23 2012: Plympton H3 30th Anniversary. Padstowe, Cornwall, UK. Sep 21-23 2012: BRAS & Pants H3. Kinlochleve, Scotland, UK. Sep 21-23 2012: Pacific Northwest Interhash. Silverton OR, USA. Sep 21-23 2012: NYCH3 RDR. New York NY, USA. Sep 21-23 2012: Hillbilly H3 Virginia Interhash. Louisa VA, USA. Sep 28-30 2012: Global Trash Hash 2012. Contact Stray Dog. Orlando FL, USA. Oct 4-7 2012: DC Red Dress Weekend. Washington DC, USA. Oct 4-8 2012: Texas Crab Hash 20th Anniversary. Houston TX, USA. Oct 5-7 2012: Florida/Georgia Intercourse. Tampa FL, USA. Oct 5-8 2012: USA Nash Hash. Memphis TN, USA. Oct 6-8 2012: Japan Nash Hash. Hiroshima, Japan. Oct 11-13 2012: Rumson H3 Rat Race. Wall NJ, USA. Oct 13-14 2012: Mackay H3 1666th. Mackay QLD, Australia.
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Oct 26-28 2012: Las Vegas H3 RDR. Las Vegas NV, USA. Oct 26-28 2012: Hanoi H3 Indochina Mekong Hash. Hanoi, Vietnam. Nov 9-11 2012: OTIS St Augustine Pub Crawl. St Augustine FL, USA.
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Jan 5 2013: Phuket H3 1400th. Phuket, Thailand. Jan 18-20 2013: Yorkshire H3 Luxury Weekend AGPU. Tankersley Manor, Sheffield, UK. Jan 19-26 2013: Babe’s Hash Cruise 2013 (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Saint Kitts, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Thomas). Commercial event. Embarks from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Jan 27-Feb 3 2013: Jolly Roger H3 Pirate Invasion Hash Cruise (Mexico, Belize, Isla Rotan, Cayman Islands). Commercial event. Embarks from Tampa FL, USA. Feb 15-17 2013: NZ Nash Hash. Canvastown, Nelson, New Zealand. Apr 5-Jun 30 2013: 80 Days Hashing Around the World (literally just what it says). Commercial event. Starts & ends in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Apr 6-19 2013: European Hash Bus Tour (Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Latvia, Estonia). Commercial event. Starts & ends in Frankfurt, Germany. Apr 12-14 2013: Philippine Nash Hash 2013 (note: separate event from the one listed below). Barrio Barretto, Olongapo, Philippines. Apr 19-21 2013: Wild Wolf Philippines Hash Bash (note: separate event from the one listed above). La Union, Philippines. Apr 26-May 1 2013: Tracks Hash 2013: Hashing Off the Rails. Cairns QLD to Brisbane QLD, Australia.
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May 3-5 2013: InterScandi 2013. Bornholm, Denmark. May 4-5 2013: Aussie Nash Hash 2013. Brisbane QLD, Australia. May 10-12 2013: Herts H3 1500th. UK. May 24-27 2013: Global Trash Hash 2013. Contact Stray Dog. Heidelberg, Germany.
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here there be dragons…This is the Year of the Dragon, which according to Chinese mythology will be the year of strength. In the Chinese culture the Dragon is considered as auspicious, and mythology says that the Chinese dragon has control over water, rainfall, hurricane and flood. Moreover the dragon symbolizes power, strength and good luck and plays an important role in the region.
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Hanoi, is also known as the ‘City of the Soaring Dragon’ and images of dragons can be found in many of the tourist sites, including the Imperial Citadel. Kathy Loper Events offers the 17th Angkor Wat Half Marathon. FELLOW HASHER, Swiss Piss (alias Kurt Bodmer) will escort this fantastic tour.
While in Siem Reap, Cambodia we visit the world’s largest ancient ruin, Angkor Wat, with its many intricate stone bas relief The mighty Mekong River that flows cravings which depict the early Khmer through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, battles and folklore. Then visit ANGKOR Cambodia and Vietnam, is often referred THOM, the fortified royal city built in the to as the ‘Mystic Dragon with Nine Tails’ early 12th century and home to nearly a due to the numerous branches of the river. million people. We also see the Elephant Most Vietnamese call it ‘Cuu Long’, the Terrace, Royal Palace and Leper King River of Nine Dragons, and believe that it Terrace. protects communities as well as isolating them. The visit to TA PROHM, where most of the dense jungle has not been cleared Vietnam is home to the breathtaking and would have appeared as most of the and unique Halong Bay, also known as European explorers would have “stumbled” ‘Bay of the Descending Dragon’, where across it in the later 19th century. thousands of limestone rock islands rise out of the water. According to local myth In the early hours of December 2nd 2012, the islands were created by a great dragon several thousand runners and walkers will whose flailing tail gouged out valleys and meet at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap to take crevasses. When the dragon plunged into part in the 17th Angkor Wat Half Marathon. the sea, the area filled with water, leaving The course winds past historic temples, only the pinnacles visible. The capital city, lush jungle, moats and lakes, and is one
of the few races in the world that allows participants to experience a world heritage site. For many years now, a large group of runners from Kathy Loper Events, based in Southern California, has travelled with ICS Travel Group to Cambodia every December to take part in the half marathon. Many members of ICS staff from the Siem Reap office were out on the course handing out drinks to the group and also set up a booth with snacks and fruit at the finish line. In order to complete a full marathon, several members of the Kathy Loper group ran the 21km-long course twice, followed by our staff on motorbikes to ensure the
runners had enough water and electrolyte drinks. The oldest of the group ran the 42kms in a very impressive 4 hours and 15 minutes. Quite amazing for a 71 year old and this resulted in many of us making new year resolutions to get fit and healthy. On Monday December 3rd we will travel to Tonle Sap Lake with our boat ride through the local fisherman villages; on the return to Siem Reap we visit the “Les Chantiers-Ecoles� Arts and Crafts school and training center (traditional techniques of wood sculpture, stone carving and wood lacquer). Our participants throughout the years have expressed HOW much they have enjoyed traveling to Cambodia with its
group ran the 21km-long course twice, followed by our staff on motorbikes to ensure the runners had enough water and electrolyte drinks. The oldest of the group ran the 42kms in a very In the early hours of December 2nd impressive 4 hours and 15 minutes. 2012, several thousand runners and Quite amazing for a 71 year old and walkers will meet at Angkor Wat in this resulted in many of us making new Siem Reap to take part in the 17th year resolutions to get fit and healthy. Angkor Wat Half Marathon. The course winds past historic temples, lush On Monday December 3rd we will travel jungle, moats and lakes, and is one of to Tonle Sap Lake with our boat ride the few races in the world that allows through the local fisherman villages; participants to experience a world on the return to Siem Reap we visit the “Les Chantiers-Ecoles� Arts and Crafts heritage site. school and training center (traditional For many years now, a large group techniques of wood sculpture, stone of runners from Kathy Loper Events, carving and wood lacquer). based in Southern California, has travelled with ICS Travel Group to Our participants throughout the years Cambodia every December to take part have expressed HOW much they have in the half marathon. Many members enjoyed traveling to Cambodia with its of ICS staff from the Siem Reap office tremendous warmth of the Cambodian were out on the course handing out people. COME join us & experience drinks to the group and also set up a this yourself along with visiting the booth with snacks and fruit at the finish many temples of Siem Reap. line. MORE AT: In order to complete a full marathon, www.kathyloperevents.com/angkorwat several members of the Kathy Loper
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eadline time here in the bowels (or at least the lower intestines) of the On The Ice offices, recently relocated to a suite of interconnected cardboard boxes in Bangkok’s Lumpini Park. Today finds your correspondent in an unusual state: sober.
• To get rid of weekend hangovers, • To acquire a good thirst and to satisfy it with beer (From the l 1938 charter of the Kuala Lumpur Hash House Harriers)
Moreover, most Hash chapters include somewhere in their manifesto the Words Concerned readers (as if) need not fret, “a drinking club with a running problem.” however, as by the time you read this I will On this, I tend to agree with with the surely have leapt gleefully off the wagon Bangkok Hash Historian “Le Pope” who and landed back in the gutter, where my opined that “the phrase ought to be “taken mind usually resides irrespective of my out and shot.” Nevertheless, sobriety, however transient, temporal location. does clarify one’s powers of observation. At present, however, I am engaged in an annual pursuit, namely attempting Observation #1, for example: “Are my to spend a month off the grog. Regular mates always this idiotic? No wonder I hashers will know that this is no easy task. have to drink to garner any amusement (And hashers who know me will think it from their company.” near enough to impossible.) There is, to put it mildly, some “social pressure” to Observation #2 “Sobriety sucks.” drink on most hash runs ,. Indeed, going Sometimes however, one is allowed a small feeling of satisfaction. So it was back to the origins of the hash, one finds that two of the four objectives of after a recent hash run, when I left the proceedings after the conclusion of the the hash are drink-related: HARRIER 65
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circle at around 11 pm -the gentlemen of this hash being a particularly “hard core” group- just as the participants made their way into a nearby bar. The next day the following SMS was circulated from one of the members: “Mother of God this is one f*cking serious hangover. “Don’t know where everyone went.” I couldn’t walk. “The bar owner drove me home.” NO MORE VODKA ... ABSOLUTELY.”
such comedic pleasure during this abstemious month, the hashman concerned, who runs under the moniker “Beefeater”, gets a metaphoric seat on the ice for now and a real one when I see him next, especially for not revealing either the gender of the bar owner or, indeed, to whose home he was driven. My enhanced perceptive powers in recent weeks have also led me to notice a few other ice-worthy incidents, particularly here in Asia, notably the following.
Hashmen concerned about their downdown-induced beer guts might look at the possibilities for a lithe physique offered by the bold weight-loss program at the “Life of Life Healing Spa” in Hong Kong which We’ve all been there (or at least I have) involves setting fire briefly to the parts of but it fills me with good feelings to see it the body holding the most fat. According happen to another. On matters like this to owner Karen Chu, the fire follows an I take my lead from Mel Brooks who energy flow “reading,” full-body exfoliation, said, “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. high pressure hose spray, an herb and Comedy is when you fall into an open potion and alcohol rub-down. (Wet towels sewer and die.” So for providing me with and a fire extinguisher are, apparently at
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the ready in case of problems). Chu said about 100 clients have undergone the treatment, with no complications (Does she mean other than being on fire?). Chu said the treatment is based on traditional Chinese medicine, but a Hong Kong doctor interviewed by Agence FrancePresse said, ‘’I have never heard of such a thing.” This is clearly a case of “Don’t try this at home” although, in my present state, the alcohol rubdowns sound OK. I know chameleons can absorb liquid through skins, can hashers? Also, in news recently to hand, I note the results of recent research of much import to hashmen worldwide. Scientists at Syracuse University, recently describing for a British journal their study of the body measurements of bats, found an inverse size relationship between a male bat’s brain and his testicles. The researchers hypothesized that both sperm and brains are metabolically costly to produce, and in species with relatively stable monogamous relationships, brains are allowed to grow, but where females are promiscuous, males that do not overdevelop testicles get left out of the race to procreate. Let us ponder that for a moment. Done? OK, lets move on. At first glance, the results of the research appear to confirm old cliches touted by harriettes on numerous occasions. But, a more sophisticated analysis seems obvious, to wit, a tendency to monogamous relationships obviates the need for any gonads. Recourse to considering my married male hash friends leads to his appearing to be at least anecdotally true.
Secondly, if women perceive there to be such an inverse relationship between brains and balls then it behooves the astute hashman to conceal his native intelligence behind a facade of stupidity until he has secured the object of his affections and has her in a situation where any revelation of his inadequacy (so to speak) will be • too little, too late” (again, so to speak). Naturally, what is most likely to aid in such deceptions? Surely this is why alcohol was invented in the first place! Why am I wasting my time not drinking? Roll on the end of this self-imposed exile from hashmen gathered around the keg at the end of every run and we’ll be snapping up any new female talent that appears. If the cautionary aspects of the information above do not dissuade any hashmen reading this article from following my absurd, temporary tilt at abstention (intended only to be from drink, it clearly leads to something of a ‘dry spell” in other areas as well) let me close with some sage words from William James, which perhaps might look well emblazoned on a hash shirt, “Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; Drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes. Not through mere perversity do men run after it..” Remember to quote that at your next hash. You might not get laid but a fellow piss artist might buy you a drink. On On to oblivion..
We’ll Be There! Will You? 7-9 September 2012 11th All China Nash Hash Hong Kong, China
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Frank ‘Whorator’ Benfield has Hashed worldwide but considers Hashing in South East Asia his favourite Hash time. First exposed to Hashing in 1973 at Lae, PNG, Whorator developed a great fondness for InterHashing and has attended each InterHash with the exception of Goa and Cardiff and contributed to the mismanagement of many of those InterHashes. Whorator now lives and Hashes twice weekly in Brisbane, Australia with regular Hashing excursions to Indonesia and Thailand. Whorator has completed in excess of two thousand Hash runs. Since 1986, Whorator has critically examined the future of InterHash and written frequently in a wide range of media on the topic. Dismayed with the state of InterHash by 2009, Whorator decided to take no further part in the proceedings.
. Nosy Cuddling Camper (*Yawn). College Town Hashing p. 30 My name, as far as any of you need to be concerned, is Nosy Cuddling Camper (*Yawn). I am 19 years old, grew up in Eugene, Oregon, USA, and am currently attending Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, USA. I believe that deciding on a major prior to the required date is silly so I haven’t yet chosen one. I have hashed at Earlham College and in Vientiane, Laos but I am hoping to expand my hash repertoire.
Sean Gilmore Tuff Liver p. 20 Sean Gilmour started hashing with the Las Vegas HHH, Viva Las Vegas, in 2008. He has served as the GM of the LVH3, and resur-erected the Sin City HHH with Updrunk’d the Junkie in 2009. He currently serves as tyrant of the SCH3, and has organized the Las Vegas Red Dress Run for the past three years.
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