Himalayan Hash House Harriers Mixed Hash 1265

Himalayan Mixed Hash Run No. 1236

31 August 02

The Pictures	The Trash	The Details
About the shot above: Hillary only sent me three which were high enough resolution to show, and the ones of Casper and Jodi were far less remarkable than this pair of pissed pedagogues - GM.	The Trash	The Details
	The Rakshi Race	Hares Casper, with no visible support Location Tribhuvan University Gate Hashers 51 Virgins Bridget Elise Foppe Liz Pam Newcomers Leavers Returnees Fergie Emily Hashit Casper Trash The Fox
	What a change! No river crossings. No rain. No muck. Lots of well marked trails. Casper (because he had abandoned wall-smashing Matt???) proved that he CAN set a super hash.
	The usual three mutts welcomed runners to the start heading downhill to the university gate and right along the Pherping road. The kind hare saw the front runners safely across the Bagmati suspension bridge and then sent the rest on down the road to holding check 1 at the base of the Chobar steps. Meanwhile the serious runners covered a long loop back to the bridge and caught up - a brilliant move leaving even the Fox out-foxed. Paper went up the steps and then left to holding check 2, with super views of the valley. We then continued up to check 3 at the top, where we enjoyed a visit to the temple decorated with old plates and pots in memory of the dead.
	We dropped south to holding check 4 by a pipal tree, again with super views, this time to the south. Film shooting at the bottom of the quarry attracted Hurry Krishna, but he obeyed the "ON! ON!" calls and swung right with the pack looping clockwise around the Chobar hill. The Fox took a little detour to burn incense in front of Sue Lepry's old house, the scene of many Hash gatherings. The house is increasing in size - an ideal home for some future hashers. Holding check 5 was by a temple on the road in Bajangal. The short-cutters could head home from there, while the rest headed north-west on a trail through Panga and on to Kirtipur and check 6 somewhere (the hare had run out of paper and switched to red mud, curiously outwitting the Fox - GM).
	By now the old timers smelled beer and headed home on the road, while the rest obeyed Casper and went to holding check 7 at the T junction on the university grounds. Casper had planned a sprint competition home with a bottle of rakshi as a prize.
	The old timers slowed down a bit in front of the Girls' Hostel in fond memory of many runs Heats set from there.
	No one bothered with the race home and Casper was lucky not to have had a rakshi down-down for such disregard of the "no competition" rule. The pack was thrilled, more or less, with the run, and suggested Desert Fox scores between 1 and 9.9.
	Again, hash recruiters produced a good pack of virgins: Bridget, Elise, Foppe, Liz and Pam. One more virgin, T.J., arrived too late to run and will be officially welcomed in future, along with Fergie, veteran of five years of hashing when he was with the British Gurkhas in the 1990's. We also welcomed returnee Emily.
	Despite the good weather, Leyla (frustrated by the slow-moving medical talk of the pair in front of her) managed to try a sprint on totally flat and smooth ground - and crash. Tadpole also wiped out. The Fox (for a missed turn on Tuesday) and Matt (for destroying an [GM designed?] wall on Friday) enjoyed free beer. Towed realised that it must have been THE Wall and so Matt became *Pink Floyd* in hash nomenclature.
	We celebrated Hurry Krishna's Namesake's, Karl's, and Jodi's birthdays. And Keeled Over and Towed drank in envy over Head Chopper's great hair colour. (Actually they'll drink to any hair colour at all - GM.)
	Casper got the Hashit for something he did or didn't do.
	The Aru Bari Mutts also managed to break free to assert their rights over buses and other mutts. Duckbill somehow managed to stay out of trouble but did lengthen Towed's right arm by an inch.
	Coming events (the Fox's concise version - see the events page for the prolix one - GM):
	Tuesday, Sept. 3: 5:45 P.M.: Run from Rotter's Roost.
	Saturday, Sept. 7: 3:00 P.M.: Run 1237 from Jodi's house in Balaju Heights. Find the Ring Road. Find the Balaju-Naya Bazaar crossing. Go west on the ring road to Siddhartha Banasthali School. Turn north following the signs to K.C.'s Consequence. Follow paper to Jodi's house. Park in an empty field if you dare.