Made it through another Hash alive. But before I get to that, here’s a quick update on the “mama” situation. The landlady gave me back half my money and says if and when she rents the place again she’ll give me the other half. That’s more than I expected. I saw mama last night camped out near the local 7/11 store and I provided her the standard 100 pesos to buy food. We did our usual greetings and acted as if the room thing never happened. So, it appears that all is well and right with the relationship.
To the Hash then. We had nine folks in our “lame, lazy, and sane” group. We met up and headed out for the trail an hour before the official start time. In fact, we walked from our meetup to the trailhead, thereby adding about 1.5 kilometers to the original trail. We fixed that by shortcutting one of the loops of similar length–the one going down the mountain then back up again. It’s always a hard climb when you do the big mountain, but our version of the trail was just about right–one big up and one smaller one. With our earlier start and our shortcut, we arrived On-Home just about the same time as the first runner returned. The beer flowed, I ordered take-out from Sit-n-Bull, and all was good.
Here are some photos for your viewing pleasure:
The green line is the trail that Leech My Nuggets laid. The purple shows our enhancements.The “WHIOW” group (We’ll Hash It Our Way) waiting to get started. A fresh coat of asphalt had just been laid (you can see the rolling machine above). The road was still hot and sticky as we commenced our hike.And we are On-On the wet asphalt.We arrived safely at the official starting point of the trail. The main body of Hasher’s would follow an hour later in the Hashmobile…Let’s get this show on the road!The climb began with some steps…Lots and lots of steps.The steps gave way but the climb was just beginning…Then we did a diagonal walk across a jagged rockface.Even within our small group, you’ve got the fast ones and the rest of us. Nice of them to wait on us though…Finally made it to the top of our first climb, only to encounter a dreaded checkpoint. We sent someone ahead to find the true trail while we rested.Yep, I do believe this must be the right trail! Props to Leech for always making his intentions known.I always find it disconcerting to be going down in the wrong direction (which means we’ll have to climb back up), especially after just completing a tough uphill.But passing through this yard did afford the opportunity to make a cookies delivery…Another thing about downhills, they can be treacherously slippery. Just ask Pubic Head after this fall. He must have skidded five yards after landing on his ass.But the good news is he got back on his feet again and carried on…Geraldine, one of our newer Hashers, seems to be enjoying herself…At least the second climb was mostly steps and not too long…Back up top with a view of home…“The beer is thataway! Let’s go!”Coming back down the mountain…Nosey Bastard is heading for our On-Home at the VFW…And Buddy Fucker ain’t far behind…Be careful, Geraldine…it’s slippery!At last, the final few steps of our downhill journey…It does tend to be more scenic on the mountain though…
Anyway, it was a good trail, hard but not insane. Feel free to Relive it:
https://www.relive.cc/view/v8qkjBYxy36
It’s showing 9K because I started the tracker from my house. The actual trail was around 7.5
An interesting side note, by my count there were at least three other groups from the Subic Hash yesterday doing their own thing on the mountain. People seem to be voting with their feet. Maybe it’s always been that way. The feedback I’m getting from long-time members is to just keep on doing what we are doing without making it an “official” alternative. That’s fine with me. Vienna Sausage (Guenter) is the Hare again next week so I will once again be free to roam as I please.
