The SH-3 celebrated it’s 25th Anniversary yesterday with a good long trail.
Gathering up at Johannson’s. Had a record 79 Hashers coming in to celebrate from all over the Philippines and as far away as Thailand. Even had two virgins from San Diego with us…
There was a longer trail for the runners (11K) but I opted to take the bus to the trail head in downtown Olongapo for the 8K hike…
And we are “on-on”!
Sometimes you gotta go down before you can get back up…
….sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow….
It was a harder climb in terms of steepness, but not as long as Pundaquit.
I was determined to keep up with the main body this time, stopping for photos didn’t help that effort.
But with so many Hashers on trail I wasn’t in much danger of being left alone…
I always enjoy a new trail and coming over the mountain from the Olongapo side was different…
Still impressed by the folks who make a life out of living off the grid in the middle of nowhere.
There was a “beer stop” about the midway point. So I of course quenched my thirst with a frosty San Miguel Zero….
Just one though because I was going to finish the trail. Quite a few folks quit here or walked the highway back to our on-home at Baloy Beach. That ain’t my style, there was still one more mountain climb.
And so I did.
And then we headed “on-home”.
The new Johan’s Dive Resort was our venue for celebration. We had a mediocre spaghetti dinner and they ran out of beer before the circle was over. That was disappointing.
But the sunset wasn’t.
I took time out for a quick selfie with this stoic old school diver.
It was a good Hash overall and I enjoyed myself. This afternoon I have my first ever “boondockit”. Not exactly sure what’s in store for me, but I’m told it can be pretty wild. I did ask about the provenance of the word boondockit and was told it derives from being out in the boondocks. So, Kevin Kim was right about that. Anyway, I fly shortly after the event (I may even have to leave early to get to the airport) but I’ll fill y’all in on how it went done as soon as I can.