Run # 460 Wackopedia's Hideout

To the tunes of Sun is shining by Bob Marley...

(Hasher singing)
Sun is Shining, weather is SWEAT!!!
Lets go for the run,
In this smoldering HEAT...

(Kingfisher beer can replies)
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To the rescue, here I am...
Want you to know that...
This is a chilled can...

(All the cans in the bucket start singing)...
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You can drink us too!
You can drink us too!

Such was the atmosphere in Neral on the hot Sunday of run # 460. We have been to humid places before but this was by far the worse humidity I came across. But when has anything stopped the hashers from having fun. 

Wackopedia opted out of haring on D-Day. The Friday recce turned out disastrous for our 'SwearBank'. He tripped, on the trail, and lost his glasses and, ALMOST, lost his eye. So the other hares, Joystick, SNAFU and FUBAR set out, chalk in hand, to set the trail for the recce'd run. They came back so tanned and sweaty that one could see Fubar's boxers through his shorts. 

The run started a little late but finished on time. This run was all wilderness. It did not include running/walking/crawling on tar road for even a second. The trail was difficult. There were moments when the hashers had to literally crawl under thorny bushes to get to the other side. After around 90 minutes of sweating it out, the runners came back with nothing but sweat and praises for the run. The GM, Bonsai, announced that this run had raised the bar way high. Baby Dick found this to be the best run he had ever run (in BH3). All in all, everybody who came for the run was happy with what they got. 

The hares could not be happier when they were iced and all they heard were praises. Bonsai gave a run a solid 12 out of 10. Yay!

The Energizer Bunny and Naysa were next on the ice. These are opposite poles which attract the same interest. Zain and Naysa acquired respect and praises as they were the seniormost and youngest (respectively) hashers to face all odds and finish this gruesome trail. A legacy and a future in the making. 

The picturesque backdrop and the yummy biryani only added to the pleasure that sipping chilled KINGFISHER gave us. Yes! For those who didnt know, KF is the official beer sponsor for BH3.

We did get a few beers to take with us on our drive back, on condition that the driver doesn't drink and drive. Trust me. people were willing to leave their cars behind.

On On to Matheran!

Before we go

(Rabdi Devi, this girl was a virgin and a hare too. These four legged beauty accompanied us on the entire trail as we recce'd on Friday afternoon. And she never got tired of getting attention and wanting to play)

(Wackopedia and his hideout)

(The hideout)

(The terrain where the run took place. All Wilderness!)

Run # 459 Huseni Farm

I heard the monsoon weekend organised by Hyderabad Hash in Goa was a hit. Good for hashers who participated. For those who couldn't, well there is always the next time.

So, the run of the year eh? Huseni continues to impress every 365. Hashers who come every year to this place already knew the charm. For virgins to this venue, they kept wondering, until they saw it, and then they realized what we were talking about.

Most of the hashers, coming here for the first time, started taking in the view as we kept getting closer to Huseni farm. When they got off the bus and walked towards the main gate, stunned they were, with the backdrop. I am sure that every hasher who has ever come here has had that expression the first time.

So, 50+ runners, walkers, crawlers, stalkers (yeah, we have all kinds) started the run, wonderfully hared by Nihar and Deepak(came for the 2nd time after a year and hared it). The effort put by them could be seen by the wonderful nature of the trail. The climb up the hill was gruesome but the view from top made it all worth it. We didn't have any big disasters/ accidents/ injuries but we did manage a lot of hashers falling flat on their butts.

Post run beers and conversations continued.

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Virgins: They sure did enjoy the feel of ice cold ice on their sweaty bums. This lot did not mind spending a extra few minutes on the ice.

Hares: They whipped up a nice run. A solid 8.5/10 I'd say, though some complained that the dish was missing a few key ingredients; one of them being the red tape.

New shoes: You come to run with the hash for the first time and decide to wear new shoes to impress us... Well, congratulations... we were impressed seeing the way you gulped the beer from your shoe.

History been made, again.
This has happened very rarely in the history of BH#. We know we are a bunch of guzzlers and always have more than required beers for our runs. This time, however, more was not enough. Thanks to the wonderful picturesque backdrop of the venue and the chilled KF beer combo, we ran out of all the beers that were brought for the run. Not that we fell short, but we consumed it all. Our GM always asked us not to waste and finish the beers... she couldn't be prouder.