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24th July – CH4 Run – Humperdick

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Today Humperdick set the run as his first solo virgin haring – and he has clearly picked a lot up during the time he’s been running as he set a great trail. It was well marked and had a good mix of trail running and shiggy scrambling! The turnout was better and the atmosphere was good and we set off – with plenty of flat ground around, the hare immediately took us up.

After screwing up the first check, His Royal Anus hit the front and successfully chose the right route at the next several checks leaving the rest of us scrambling to get back on terms. Finally we hit a random check back and HRA set off in completely the wrong direction – almost everyone was back together with HRA way behind. Chuck Wao took the lead as we went up the 2nd hill dragging Horny Monkey along behind him until they missed the paper and let Byte My Yahoo and HRA find the trail back down the hill. With HRA back in front he had the choice at the next couple of checks and was going well until Chuck Wao outfoxed him at the end.

Everyone came back to the circle fairly close together, except for Frozen Dick, who we could hear shouting in all directions until he finally came in (on trail). The circle was intimate as is often the case, with Chuck Wao taking on the role of acting, acting, acting Religious Advisor. Throbbing Ninja got plenty of attention – mostly due to her dog management skills. Humperdick had organised a nice cozy On-On at his girlfriend’s place topping of a pleasant evening out. Good work virgin hare!

23rd July – CSH3 Run – Pamela

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Pamela teamed up with Minute Man to set a run about 14 clicks down the canal road. From the start they had us all confused and the first couple of km had us running around in circles, back and forth, where every check seemed to be unexpected. Minute Man was happy to hear that I was the victim of his over long back checks as the first couple of checks foxed me.

Rather than running perfectly good trails through the hills we normally hit the hares took us through people’s gardens to a completely different hill. After one stretch along a creek bed we headed up, scrambling through the bush till we hit a random trail at the top. With a few zigzags nobody knew where they were (or who they were, or why they were there) and then the hares were stood gleefully on the road telling us we’d done it all wrong, but we should go “that way”. 10 minutes later we were back to the hares and they again told us we were doing it wrong and should go a completely different way.

Perhaps it was me? Almost everyone else seemed to figure it out and were way ahead with Chuck Wao enjoying his moment in the lead. The hares set a long FRB straight – a good running trail for those with the energy (or willpower) to keep going. By now I was dreaming of the beer and settled in with Bone Hur jogging along comfortably. Finally we hit the On-In and again (apparently) I did it wrong again and appeared to the hares from completely the wrong direction. The hares pointed out that 80% of the hashers had no problem finding the trail, well I had no problem at all in finding all the wrong trails!

18th July – CH3 Run – Horny Monkey

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Horny Monkey had a plan in mind when he set today’s run – and it worked out nicely for everyone! Clearly he’d let it slip to Skid Mark & Frozen Dick as he tried to persuade them to come along and it was clear that Horny Monkey was going to try something novel – but it’s Huay Tung Thao, what could he really do that hasn’t already been done?

Square Rooter commented at the end that a good rule of thumb for a hare is to make sure the last 500m or so was a good run, and people would forget about how bad the rest was. The last 500m of this run was a zipline across the reservoir after some other treetop exploration! Memorable? For sure and for all the right reasons!  Belly Dancer probably won the award for surviving it given his fear of heights, but I think everyone was a bit scared – more scared of the rope bridges than the actual zip line!

What about the rest of the run? Well, it wasn’t as exciting as the zip line! A trundle along the edge of the reservoir dipping into the mountain occasionally. Horny Monkey left himself post it notes explaining where to set a circle check etc. but one particular circle check had everyone confused. Having heard the On-On call echoing from somewhere the pack dispersed into the mountain 180 degrees from the trail. The pack that is apart from Sloppy Rod who danced along in front of everyone else – but interestingly found the B site from a different direction (short cutting bastard!)

The marking of the run left a lot to be desired with small yellow squares being occasionally used and hashers regularly getting off paper – except for Superman who seemed locked in on the route – I think its the first time I and Chuck Wao have broken away from the pack with Superman leading the way! Superman wisely ducked out of the zip lining with the first group being Byte My Yahoo, Sloppy Rod, Chuck Wao and Bone Hur. Following behind Kwazi Moto, Humperdick, Belly Dancer, Square Rooter and Frozen Dick seemed to take an age – mostly due to them needing to coax Belly Dancer across the rope bridges!

A very memorable hash – great work Horny Monkey for a truly original idea.

17th July – CH4 – Byte My Yahoo

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(Courtesy of Belly Dancer)

Considering we are in the depths of wet season – BMY had found a location with not one but 3 potential shelters (none were needed as it stayed dry) – and while Doi Saket my feel like an outstation – it only took 30 mins from Hang Dong on the Middle Ring Road. I am beginning to fear my ‘Birthday Ball Busta’ has left lasting scars on those fearless enough to survive it – Skiddy with his already insane passion for wobbly bridges and water – just look at the CH4 300 (later adjusted to 360) – evil tunnels of slime, and now today the apprentice Marquis de Sade decided that he too would make the run ‘special’!

Sadly – considering the obvious amount of effort scouting and laying a run of this ‘quality’ a small band turned up and if it wasnt for some of the guys having athletic girlfriends – it would have been a sorrowful turn out. So to the run – BMY gave us the briefest of hare briefs, completely ommiting key information which would cost the FRB’s dearly! On out we set off – perhaps some 500m we came to a X-check – trails left and right were good but knowing the cunning nature of BMY I took the straight on trail. Less than 60m in the trail literally fell off a 70m cliff into a creek, so with my vertigo I encouraged HRA to press on further – and so did BMY who by now was manavolently hovering by the check. The check had been designed to dunk Chuck Wao [next time hide the other paper as CW runs on any obvious trail] – but CW had headed right and was content with stealth running while HRA was praying not to get that wet – alas for BMY – CW finally called On – or it may have been Get’s Wet and off we headed off in earnest while BMY sulked back to finish laying the run.

Behind me came a great crashing noise – breaking of branches and I turned to see Humperdick surging towards me – having got lost en route to the run he had done a steller job in catching us up.

BMY clearly must have spent many hours searching for trails with stickers, pot holes and shiggy for us to appreciate and through this we headed – as CW had got such a head start he was trapped by BMY’s next CW trap – the Skiddy stix! [-not mentioned in the hare breif] – it must have been a good 300m and the look of utter confusion and disgust on his face as the pack caught me would have made our sadistic hare grin with glee. I found the true trail which led us through more shiggy, steep embankments and onto a very cunning check accross a small stream. The FRB’s of course raced over the water but gut feel suggested BMY had no intention of heading that way. Get’s Wet and Hollow Legs found the paper 46.5m from the circle and the FRB’s had the fun of trying to cross the chasm to catch us. On up we headed to an even trickier check – BMY had hidden the paper behind some water tanks a mere 30m from the circle and the check had the pack searching everywhere until Get’s Wet found the paper. Some good runable trails before BMY had us climbing. I’m sure he knew I’d enjoy it – and I did – the view at the crag on top was stunning – even more so after Knockout helped remove the insect from my eye!

Muk was trailing, so Knockout, Sleep  On It and me stuck together and we only again saw the FRB’s on the summit circle check which brought us nicely back together. The down hill horror loomed and the it was a quest for survival as with FRB’s long gone, Kwazi deciding that he saw the laager so was off to trim a tad off the run and Hollow Legs wanted to tumble down the hill, leaving me with the ladies. I wasnt complaining – hashing is about enjoying the scenary – and I did!

BYM voice came from no-where near the base of the mountian and he was having a Schadenfreude moment watching us descend- at 90 mins he was telling me it was 1/2 way but no water or beer – I for a moment was cursing him. Then he offered the girls a short cut and while I needed the longer run practice for next weeks eXtreme Monkey in Pattaya, I decided that staying with the girls made better sense.

The circle started with an account of how stupid HRA had been (again) – knocking out the last circle and laying paper in the wrong direction. Somehow he still managed to come in first – to Chucky’s disgust no doubt and Get’s Wet excelled for the ladies.

The circle was intimate and fun – with BMY continuing his sadistic pleasure of icing everybody but we were too tired to deprive him of his moment of glory. Muk was awarded the female wings by HRA (nepotism or was it insurance to get his leg over?) and Chucky got the male wings. On into town a few of us headed and for a moment I thought I was having fun on a male hash!

Good effort BMY – thanks for a enjoyable training run and I hope more will return to enjoy ‘Happy Hashing’!

16th July – CSH3 Run – Chilly Pussy

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Chilly Pussy teamed up with Wooly Jumper for a run set at “Ob Khan”. The directions were a little confusing as Ob Khan could be a big area, but fortunately the signs were good and we all found our way to the start. The hares deferred the brief to the hash cash, and we were off…

After 500m or so we hit a circle check, and there were 5-6 choices – fortunately the front runners guessed it right and we were off…  Unfortunately it was another couple of km before we got to another check and the field was scattered. The 2nd of 2 checks was straight taking us back to the A bucket. At 3.7km it was a short run – 27 minutes for the FRBs.  The FRBs enjoyed a good chase at the front, while the walkers enjoyed a pleasant stroll through the trees.

HRA managed to screw everything up – despite being 2nd to the On-In he got lost and explored a new trail coming in half an hour later. Horny Monkey attempted some makeshift surgery in the trees as he tore open his finger. With food at the runsite (in the rain) it was a social occasion – making up for the national alcohol ban!

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12th July – CUMH3 – Square Rooter?

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So today’s run was a team effort!  Byte My Yahoo was down to set the run, but due to work commitments, the various CUMH3 roles were divided…  Square Rooter laid the trail, Byte My Yahoo bought the beer, Chuck Wao delivered the beer and Humperdick brought the food.  Despite the logistics, everything seemed to work out nicely in the end!

I was late (due to my work commitments), but as I set off across the fields I could see the other hashers as they set off from the first circle check, and after another couple of checks I was back amongst everyone. And ‘amongst’ is the right word as pretty much everyone was together for a very long way. Square Rooter has a lot of experience, and he seems to will every FRB in the wrong direction at every check. Finally we came across a genius circle check, where the trail continued from within about 20m behind a pump house. Sadly nobody thought to check thoroughly there for sometime instead we scattered in every other direction.

HRA finally picked up the scent and ran through the next 4-5 checks squealing away in joy as he guessed right and right – until a nasty little check on a hillside. Rather than continuing on the lovely (if steep) trail, the hare had chosen a animal path concealed through the trees – again around 30m from the  circle check. With HRA amiss finally I could have some fun, but so late in the run Square Rooter had returned to old form and found an evil incline – Up-Up-Up! That hill was a killer!

Finally we hit the top and there was the circle check. Even so late in the run we had no idea whether we were looping to the left or looping to the right – I picked left and Chuck Wao reluctantly picked right. As I headed back down praying for paper, I nearly gave up when finally I hit the right trail and we had a lovely running track down the hill. From then on I took turns with Chuck Wao getting checks wrong with HRA picking up all the worst choices – getting lucky at the last check I past a beaming hare as we trundled into the A bucket.

Dick Tracy had somehow managed to avoid the hill and nearly beat everyone to the beer. Dog Shit and Kwazi Moto found the hill a bit steep and finally lost ground on the way up – they cruised back in much to the hare’s disconcern. Humperdick had a stellar run, keeping with the FRBs all the way round – that’s what happens when you run three times in a row! Bone Hur was as usual in the mix at the end – the mountain mad man who sets off slow, but comes home hard. Shame about the circle!

10th July – CH4 – Chuck Wao

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When Chuck Wao teams up with Square Rooter, you can be sure they’ll have something good planned – the combined hash experience is huge and today they didn’t let down. It was down in Suck It country, and that forest is confusing and disorienting at the best of times – and today was no exception.

We set off and immediately hit a check back – no doubt cunningly placed just to trap me – not the last of the checks that would completely outfox me.  I spent most of the day chasing back to catch up from checking in the opposite direction. Everyone was kept together for virtually the entire run – until HRA did some silent running to escape at the end.

Humperdick sat on a wall, Humperdick had a great fall, all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn’t put Humperdick together again! Some pretty intense scarring on Humperdick’s arm, but he just bounced back up and kept on running.

The circle was fun and intimate and the On-On was of course filling at Pizza Pasta – On-On to the next one!

9th July – CSH3 – Just Cumming

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Just Cumming set the run in familiar territory not far down the canal road and with the GM Horny Monkey missing, it was a good turn out! We set off and immediately the first few checks confused us and I was playing catch up from the back while Belly Dancer just got everything right!

For some strange reason JC avoided the lovely trails and sent us scrambling along the side of a mountain until we hit a circle check in the middle of nowhere. Finally through the shiggy most people were still together and there were finally some trails to run on – trails that were suddenly familiar as we got onto Bone Hur’s trail ground. A great trail and Chuck Wow was off like a rabbit down the hill. Unfortunately when we hit the road we were around 800m away from the cars.

Mr Poo ran the circle in place of the GM, the highlight of which was surely the interjection of the returning Dick Tracy who seemed catatonic until he spoke.  Good times!

4th July – CH3 Run – Sloppy Rod

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Today was the first Monday run of the new CH3 Monday hash running back on Mondays. After a brief flirt with Tuesday’s we gathered again on Monday for a run set by Sloppy Rod and his evil cohort Square Rooter. Given the location by the hills of Huay Tung Thao, I was dreading a traditional evil S’Root run.

A good sized group showed up and quickly we set off. The checks came quick and fast, with barely a chance to get running again before we hit the next check -where the hell was this going? Left / Right / back again, it was a start designed to confuse us. Sloppy had warned us that Square Rooter had set some evil check backs of V and X checks – well I think I got the worst of it ploughing 200m though scraping brambles only to find a check back that made me nearly collapse and cry. Battered, bruised and DFL…

Not much further we hit a circle check that Chuck Wao screwed up for everyone and we hit the canal bank with regularly balance beams to cross – I bet Dog Shit enjoyed it!  Finally we hit the most confusing part of the trail where every trail seemed to go back on itself and paper was nowhere to be found – there were more paths than jungle and nobody knew where they were! Finally we hit the road and found paper again – who knows how much we missed, but we were back on the way home and the On-In was there.

We moved the circle down the road so we could find some food and the circle started with a monologue – not a speech, a monologue! Timed for 7 minutes without interruptions, with interruptions it took somewhat longer. Finally the hare’s were splashed and dutifully punished for their transgressions. Sloppy is one devious guy and today he had plenty of tricks up his sleeves.

3rd July – CH4 – Knock Out

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Knock Out was the virgin hare today – with some help from her sidekick Mr. Poo. The run site was up the Mae Sa valley at a football field some way past the X-Centre. Given the CSH3 outstation being the day before it was almost like going to a CH4 outstation! For a variety of reasons (politics, the CSH3 outstation, etc.) the turn out was low, but the spirit was good and when Knockout finally did the hare brief we were off.

As Kwazi said, it was ‘cute’ – a nice little run – not so far, but it had a hill that tested Screwed Up. The hares had a cunning plan whereby every single check was straight on – very cunning as all the FRBs failed eventually by guessing it must be a different way this time! Half of the trail was slip sliding along a muddy path that should only be used by elephants – I couldn’t believe the size of the elephant foot print holes, but the elephant feces made the path a little less slippy in places.

The circle was bizarre! Because it was a smaller, more intimate group, it seemed less structured than usual – Kwazi forgot today in history, but made it up instead – Gasman was forcefed gin and tonic willies – Throbbing Ninja randomly interjected and it seemed like none of the ladies could sit on the ice resulting in some random wife swapping for champions! BUT, it was entertaining! Good Work Virgin Hare.