This supposedly 8 or 9-check run set off upstream along the Bagmati River south past the first two checks. The paper from Check 2 was eventually found going off to the east up a steep grassy bank where Towed got gripped and nearly failed to reach the top and Holding Check 3. The throng eventually assembled and then checked it out. There was only one option and the paper was soon found heading east on to level ground. The trail now twisted in and out of fields and in-between the roads and valleys around Alapot, Akashe and Phuyalgau villages.

Holding check 7 was atop another bluff by a germinating field of maize and soyabean that got a good trampling. Yogi, as he had been doing all along, pointed the pack in the right direction once a few front-running idiots had set off in the wrong directions. Root Carnal brought up the rear. The paper was steeply down below. Yet more scrambling about in steep sandy gullies, secluded valleys, and along rural roads brought the chariots into sight. Ignoring the last check — which is becoming a habit amongst certain hashers such as yours truly — most of us headed home.

All in all an enjoyable run through good hashing territory with the key ingredient of several options from most checks. The hares were given a well-deserved 9.9 for their ingenuity although there were some misgivings about the wrong information on the number of checks given out at the start.

The GM then awarded further down-downs to:

The Hashit was awarded in-absentia to Gun Runner for failing to bring it back and proceedings ended with Rotter exhorting everyone to “Shut up and go and talk amongst yourselves.”