DATE: 28 JAN 2014
SITE: TANJ BUNUT KANAN
HARES: LEGALLY BLONDE/NEVER WRONG/HOT LIPS
This week’s run was the Australia Day
celebration run organized by three of our Aussie members. The run
was set for Sleazy Gardens, an excellent and popular but not often
used run site. Tuesday afternoon rolled around and for the first
time in weeks the weather was fine with no threat of imminent rain
looming on the horizon, so in my car I hopped and off I zoomed for
Sleazy Gardens to join my fellow hashers for an afternoon and evening
of exercising and socializing. Unfortunately I had been sick over
the previous few days and lugging the water out of my car and across
the front yard showed me very quickly that there was no way I was
going to be able to complete the run which we were warned was
‘challenging’.
At 5.15 Hash Hound sounded the horn,
called “On-on” and we were off. We traipsed along the road for a
short distance then veered off into the jungle and straight into our
first lot of mud for the run, followed very quickly by the first
challenging hill. It was about this time that due to an inability to
be able to breathe meant I had to opt for a less challenging walk
(i.e flat and short). Accompanied by Squeak and Nancy who were
“making sure I was okay”, I meandered off for a bit of a walk
around the local Kampong.
First runner (Hash Hound) completed the
run in just over 50mins. She came out of the jungle with a tale to
tell. At the first check most of the checkers went in one direction
and Ika and another hasher went the other way to check. Hash Hound
was standing at first check to call “Checking from here” when she
heard the call of “On paper” come from the direction of the main
pack. After a few minutes she realized that Ika and companion had
not come back from where they were checking so she set off to find
them. This is when she found Ika stuck in mud and sinking. They
managed to get Ika out and headed off to find the trail. Well done
Hash Hound for your keen observation skills and making sure that all
hashers were safe and on trail.
First check was found by Speedy
Gonzales (guided by Trailblazer) and second check was found by Ikea. All runners were out of
the jungle and safely back at the run site by 6.45pm. At this point
a few of the hashers took the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful
swimming pool available at the run site. (Yay, gotta love Sleazy
Gardens).
Before the shout up began the Aussie
Hares handed out a quiz. I gave it a go, but obviously I’m not
enough of a bogan because I got three answers wrong (I can’t
believe that I forgot that the Torana was made by Holden!). The
winners of the quiz ,Tiffany, Anna M and Ryvita, were awarded with a
packet of Aussie themed biscuits.
Shout up went very smoothly, with one
new guest joining us (another one recruited by The Recruiter) and one
returning hasher – welcome back Jeannie! GM – Squeak – took the
opportunity to remind all members that it is their responsibility
when signing in guests to make sure that they write down whether or
not they have paid their guest fee. We were also all warned that a
failure to do this in the future will be a hashit-able offence.
After this there was a gift exchange where hashers who had brought
along a gift were called up to select one in exchange from the gift
box. The shout up concluded with the awarding of Hashit to The
Recruiter and Chi because they both forgot to sign back out of the
jungle! Basic, rookie mistake guys!
NEXT RUN: Lucky Gardens - The Waitangi
Day celebration run organized by the NZ committee. Please bring chair for on on at "Hash House"
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