There’s a first time for everything they say, and yesterday was the first time I was pleasantly surprised when hiking a trail laid by Vienna Sausage (Guenter). Don’t get me wrong, it was plenty challenging it just wasn’t insane. I appreciated that. I actually mentioned to the co-Hare, Anal Receptive, that he must have exercised some strong arm twisting to prevent the creation of a Guenter-style nightmare. He admitted that he did have to work hard to convince Vienna to avoid being overly extreme. Their compromise was adding a “hard” section to the trail for those crazy people who enjoy such nonsense. Anyway, it worked for me.
The green line represents the “easy” bypass to avoid a much more difficult undertaking. Easy is a relative term though. We had a very steep climb at the beginning and a slippery descent as well. One of each was more than enough for me!We had a nice turnout of 30 some odd (well, truthfully most of us are odd) Hashers.It was On-On and then almost immediately On-Up!To the Hare’s credit, they actually found a new trail for us to experience. That’s unusual indeed. Pubic Head (Scott) has been Hashing in Subic for 15 years or so and he remembers ALL the trails he’s hiked. Said he’d never been on this one.I’m not sure I’d do this one again voluntarily, but one thing about a steep trail, it gets you to the top sooner.That’s Pubic Head bringing up the rear. And I was back there with him to, um, photograph the event.And that’s the behind of K9 Linguist.Near the top was this neatly stacked pile of wood. It is destined to be turned into uling, which is Filipino charcoal used for cooking.A view from up top.And off in the distance the ever-present Easter mountain.Almost to the top girls, don’t give up now!Western Union Sperm Bank stands at the junction of Easy and Hard. She also had the good sense to take the easy route.I’ll end the suspense right now. Even out in the wilderness, I was able to find some mask litter to photograph.Ah, the joys of walking on almost flat ground. Comparatively easy it was.This was the one thousand four hundred seventeenth running of the SBH3. The Hare’s were feeling a little creative I guess.Yes, indeed I did get the Kilroy was here reference. I’m an old fucker though.Always nice to encounter some Gash on trail.Onward!A young father and child. Or maybe brother, hard to tell these days.Pubic Head still bringing up the rear and I’m right there with him!The way ahead.On-Down!Our destination in Barretto awaits us, but it’s a long and slippery descent indeed!Pubic Head says “I’ve got this, follow me!”And so we did.Safely ensconced at our On-Home in Queen Victoria enjoying some liquid refreshment after our hike.And later we enjoyed watching Vienna Sausage being recognized for his 69th run with the SBH3,
And so ended another day with the Hash. Considering how I figured we’d be precluded by a typhoon it turned out to be an unexpectedly nice time indeed.
2 thoughts on “It’s hard to be easy”
“A young father and child. Or maybe brother, hard to tell these days.”
That cracked me up.
Speaking of crack… you guys are lucky to be in the PI, where you can get away with 69-style celebrations without being charged with sexual harassment! I guess a man like Guenter needs a steady dose of hills and valleys to keep him sane.
Who said Guenter was sane? 🙂
Actually, the gal helping recognize the 69 achievement is his live-in girlfriend. We only use volunteers for that particular method…
“A young father and child. Or maybe brother, hard to tell these days.”
That cracked me up.
Speaking of crack… you guys are lucky to be in the PI, where you can get away with 69-style celebrations without being charged with sexual harassment! I guess a man like Guenter needs a steady dose of hills and valleys to keep him sane.
Who said Guenter was sane? 🙂
Actually, the gal helping recognize the 69 achievement is his live-in girlfriend. We only use volunteers for that particular method…