Today’s CH3 hash run was always going to be overlooked by the politics flying around the hash. Should we carry on the 30 year tradition of running on Mondays? Or should we cater to tired legs and move the hash to Tuesdays. Emotions were flying high and when the circle came it led to tough decisions.
First up though, we ran! After Suck-It rejected the GM-ship, Mr. Poo and Kwazi Moto stepped in and took over as joint GMs and by tradition they set the take over run – at Wat Umong. Despite this being a Mr. Poo favourite, I’d not hashed there before. I am kind of surprised we don’t hash there more often as there were some amazing trails – beautiful hashing area with some well set trails from our new GMs.
It appears my virgin status in the area cost me as Chuck Wao knew clearly about a well placed circle check that double backed from the top of a cliff. From there the circle checks were easily guessable, with a gentle up hill and a steep downhill – going down Horny Monkey, HRA and Greasy Gorilla struggled with their confidence, but it was Chuck Wao that screwed everyone at the end failing to spot the paper after the last circle and leading us back up a hill.
And so, back to the circle. A difficult situation that wasn’t going to be easy to manage. There are strong emotions for the tradition of Monday male hashing, and equally compelling reasons to move to Tuesday to give bodies a break. The vote was close 11-10 in favour of Tuesdays. A larger margin may have made the evening more comfortable, but the close decision was hard on the traditionalists with Liberace, Pasty Legs(?), Dyke Converter and Greasy Gorilla voting with their legs and walking out. They missed out on some great pizzas, but then again perhaps the hash cash left with them…
At the end of the evening, I wasn’t sure how I felt, but it certainly didn’t feel like the great new beginning some of us were hoping for. Lets see how coming weeks play out – I’m looking forward to a day off in our running schedule!