New Years Day – a hangover run for sure. When I spoke to Poo after lunch it seemed he was hungover too, and he hadn’t even set off to lay trail yet! Surely he wouldn’t take us up the mountain? It turns out he took us up it twice!?! Since I got the GPS I can track little things like elevation gain and Mr. Poo set the record for the most elevation gain in a hash (excluding Skiddy’s evil mountain on the 20k Lanna Bush… Did I mention before I didn’t like hills?
Anyway, there was a small, reluctant turn out – Throbbing Ninja was so reluctant she just stayed at the circle! Mr. Poo put a lot of effort into the hare brief with plenty of powder to remind us how those checks worked. And finally there was a “Byte My Yahoo” check!!! This was surely going to be the best run in history?! Before the BMY check though, there was a Frozen Dick check! After about 25m we hit the FD check, and had to wait for FD to arrive before setting off into the temple grounds. This was going to be a unique Mr. Poo run – We’d never set off like that before!
It was a slow start and I was happy to not get into running mode. Despite Mr. Poo’s elaborate description of the checks, Brown Finger still needed some prompting. We were all feeling the effects of New Year’s Eve, but we made our way to the bottom of the hill – and the most awesome BMY check! Graven Image found the trail that went up the mountain, and paused to pee on the powder, giving BF some time to check in the wrong direction – excellent hash behaviour! We started climbing with GI and BF taking the lead. Alice and I took our time following knowing that there was a 3 check somewhere ahead that the FRBs would have to wait for us at!
The “Mr. Poo book of haring” clearly states that the hare would set a circle at every intersection and continue trail from 100m – it’s the #1 rule in haring. It seems Mr. Poo forgot his own book and didn’t worry about intersections laying circles periodically in the middle of trail with only one direction to check in. BF and GI were clued in and so Alice and I caught back up at the waterfall crossing 3 check. BF and GI charged off down the hill going the obvious route, never bothering to check the false trails, leaving Alice to do the FRBs work.
At the bottom there was a Wimp/Rambo split – I felt like a Wimp, so attempted to do the W trail, only to end up on the Rambo anyway – going back up just next to where we’d come down. The trail was somewhat overgrown, so we were crawling through bushes as we did another loop of the hill. Tron:Legacy is on the TV, and it’s somewhat distracting as I am trying to figure out what is going on… We ran some more – Brown Finger “won” – badadabadabadoo. The highlight of the circle had to be Screwed Up! He rarely gives splashes, but was on fine form today!
On-On!
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