Run #432 Karnala

'In the middle of somewhere'

Date: 29/07/2012

Yes! The hashing family is growing. Growing in numbers and in popularity. It is evident looking at the way people get converted into hashers run after run. This Sunday was no different. We have evolved from a few hasher's coming in a car to a bus load of hashers who enjoy being with each other. Yes, 25 hashers arrived in style in a bus at the run venue. We do not have a name of the bungalow where we ran from. Porus has temporarily given us the liberty to call it what we want (so name suggestions are welcome).

Dinesh and Sanjay pulled out the tedious and difficult task of putting together 25 hashers + 2 canines, to confirm, pay and come in the bus. The whole thing was organised and executed in 2 days flat. We did go slightly offtrack as the bus arrived nearly an hour late, but knowing us hashers, we made a good time out of it with chai and bun maska at an Irani restaurant in Dadar.

The run: OMG is the word we are looking for here. Baby Dick, Wreckless and Leaky Faucet moved heaven and earth to give us this fabulous countryside experience. The run started and ended on the road. Everything else in between was vast fields, mucky paths, narrow clearings, flowing water, stone walls and barbed wire fences. The rain kept visiting every few minutes to keep us company. The 7 km stretch was as good as it can get. Yup, some people did have nasty falls. Najma fell twice but fell on soft as muck muck. Sanghamitra fell once while climbing the wall, as a result of which, we pulled down the wall slightly. Fubar and Dexter crawled under the barbwire fence and Fubar scratched his back. We also managed to capture a beautiful green coloured beetle on the trail. On the way back, Sanghamitra again managed to fall flat on a flat surface, this time thanks to Dexter. :-P

Most new comers and some fairly seasoned hashers ended up doing the short run and missed out on scenic run. But the beers by KF made sure they didn't feel bad about it. Beers and conversations kept flowing smoothly. Virgins blended with the seniors very well and made themselves feel at home. Hashers spontaneously posed for pics whenever they saw the lens and thus, Ashutosh ended up with a database of more than 500 pics for this run. 

Circle:

Hares: Baby Dick, Wreckless and Leaky Faucet pulled out a rabbit out of the hat with this wonderful experience. I do not think any one had any complains regarding the trail, the markings or the overall experience.

Virgins: This is another long list. Anuradha, Tameem, Saheba, Diane, Heidi, Saumya, Mandira, Sanghamitra, Rashesh, Rajib and Samir happily sat on the ice and drank their beers from the piss-pots and got accustomed to the cultural ways of the hash. A few of them also shared their experiences on the run and other things relative.

New shoes: Anikets' shoe got the holy treatment. Yes! He wore new shoes to the run and we made the shoe drink some beer and then got Aniket to drink beer from the shoe.

Ashutosh was joined on the ice by Baby Dick and Gimme More. When we asked him why was he on the ice, he said, "I just wanted to cool off my butt.". Valid point.

Up next was Libertab who was pulled onto the ice by Cockney Wanker on an English - Spanish debate... everyone was a winner by the end of it. 

So the circle was over and the virgins enjoyed the Hash Anthem and all the actions that we do during the anthem. The Biryani was consumed and everyone thinned away with happy memories of the run.