The Wednesday Walkers, three of whom will be the Hares next week, made it our mission to scout ahead for Monday’s Hash trail. Scott took the lead as he already had an idea in mind. The result was a relatively short 5K hike but with two moderate climbs. The beginning and end portions of the trail haven’t been Hashed for quite some time and they bookend the familiar My Bitch route. We might look for an opportunity to extend the distance a tad when we mark the trail on Monday morning but honestly, I’m happy with it as is. I think it will prove to be more challenging than folks are expecting from us old-timers.
You can Relive the highlights here:
https://www.relive.cc/view/vMv8QeZ2eNO
Here are some photos from the hike:
Our journey as seen from on high.This week’s iteration of the Wednesday WAlkers pausing for a rest at the famous 4 Corners intersection on the My Bitch trail. L-R: Gary, Gina, Scott, Jim, and Troy.“Well, if it ain’t locked it means we are welcome to come in!”Thanks for joining us, Jim…The first up.We are only halfway, Gina. This hill ain’t gonna climb itself!The view from the top. Anything look familiar?Back on flat ground for a brief interlude…And then it’s our second climb of the day…Now what?Chatting up the locals.It seems every time I want to pat myself on the back for completing a hard climb, I see something like this. Geez.The view from our second top.
I’m sure you’ll agree this may be the best trail ever in Hash history. Or at least next week.
Let me do a quick detour into the realm of politics and religion.
I lifted this from Kevin Kim’s blog and posted it on Facebook. I figured it would ignite a shitstorm and it was an even bigger one than I expected. I was fighting back against the ignorance of my ex-wife #3 and my daughter parried the liberal dogma of her mother (ex-wife #1) like a champ. Was so proud of her.And then there is this. Xi’s bitch indeed!
As for religion, well, I’ve been worshipping every night!
I’ll drink to that!
That’s about all for now. I’ve agreed to participate in a Singles League meeting tomorrow afternoon. Should be interesting.
I hope this post isn’t too short…
3 thoughts on “Seek and ye shall find”
Nice walk!
Here’s hoping that sticky issues can be peaceably resolved at the singles-league meeting. It’d be a shame for you to drop out of darts, even if only for a little while.
That is not as long as the usual walking trails.
In an average week, on how many days do you go on a walk? It seems to me that you’re not leaving enough time to drink beer.
By now you should be familiar with almost all of the area’s fauna and flora.
Are there other hash clubs in the area that come to walk the same area? I would think that you would find chalk marks in almost every mountain path you walk. But it seems like most places you walk are fresh and new in many ways. That just blows my mind that you have walked thousands of miles and there’s still many thousands more you could walk ; all in the same area/city/province.
Good luck with the dart meeting. At least everybody will be sober enough in the beginning to voice their concerns in loud accusatory voices no matter how misinformed they are. They will lob criticism about your decisions, your personality ,your record and even your clothing style. After all that is done, the beer will start to flow and darts will fly and life will go on again. At least that last part is true, and isn’t that all that matters?
Thanks, guys. I’m keeping an open mind about the meeting today. A Filipina friend advises that it’s all a misunderstanding, that in expressing their views in English it came across as an unintended personal attack. Maybe so, and perhaps I overreacted as well. We’ll see.
Billy, I can do more distance on flat ground for sure. The climbs tend to kick my ass. Most Hash trails come in the 6-8K range. During the week, I’ll do six hikes–with groups on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and by myself Thursday, Saturday, Sunday. Tuesday I shop and do other chores. Actually, hiking makes the beer taste better! So win-win.
The two other nearest Hashes are in La Union and Angeles City. AC comes up for an “outstation” run once or twice a year. There are lots of options for trails in this area, and we occasionally drive out of town some for additional variety. Some we do often enough that we have given them names: “My Bitch”, “Motherfucker”, “Stairway to Heaven”, etc. The Hash marks don’t last too long–a good rain will erase the chalk and powder markers. The shredded paper stays around for a while, so we use it infrequently. I guess it’s technically littering, but then again, that seems to be acceptable in this culture.
Nice walk!
Here’s hoping that sticky issues can be peaceably resolved at the singles-league meeting. It’d be a shame for you to drop out of darts, even if only for a little while.
That is not as long as the usual walking trails.
In an average week, on how many days do you go on a walk? It seems to me that you’re not leaving enough time to drink beer.
By now you should be familiar with almost all of the area’s fauna and flora.
Are there other hash clubs in the area that come to walk the same area? I would think that you would find chalk marks in almost every mountain path you walk. But it seems like most places you walk are fresh and new in many ways. That just blows my mind that you have walked thousands of miles and there’s still many thousands more you could walk ; all in the same area/city/province.
Good luck with the dart meeting. At least everybody will be sober enough in the beginning to voice their concerns in loud accusatory voices no matter how misinformed they are. They will lob criticism about your decisions, your personality ,your record and even your clothing style. After all that is done, the beer will start to flow and darts will fly and life will go on again. At least that last part is true, and isn’t that all that matters?
Thanks, guys. I’m keeping an open mind about the meeting today. A Filipina friend advises that it’s all a misunderstanding, that in expressing their views in English it came across as an unintended personal attack. Maybe so, and perhaps I overreacted as well. We’ll see.
Billy, I can do more distance on flat ground for sure. The climbs tend to kick my ass. Most Hash trails come in the 6-8K range. During the week, I’ll do six hikes–with groups on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and by myself Thursday, Saturday, Sunday. Tuesday I shop and do other chores. Actually, hiking makes the beer taste better! So win-win.
The two other nearest Hashes are in La Union and Angeles City. AC comes up for an “outstation” run once or twice a year. There are lots of options for trails in this area, and we occasionally drive out of town some for additional variety. Some we do often enough that we have given them names: “My Bitch”, “Motherfucker”, “Stairway to Heaven”, etc. The Hash marks don’t last too long–a good rain will erase the chalk and powder markers. The shredded paper stays around for a while, so we use it infrequently. I guess it’s technically littering, but then again, that seems to be acceptable in this culture.
Thanks for the comment!