Darkside Hash

 

There is a kind of hashing that is done in the dark, especially in winter when the weather starts getting bad and all the crazy hashers start howling at the moon. This was only rumor to me until Friday night when I tried it for the first time. Headlamp crucial for this exercise.

 

My lovely friends Monique and Alina (also known as Pussies Galore and Plumber's Mate). Monique is an attorney and loves cats (hence the name). Alina is an architect who is also studying Chinese medicine (and apparently used to have a thing for a plumber, although I heard he moved to Alberta). And of course that's me in the center, Grateful Head. It's been nearly a year since I received that name. Want the story? Go back into the blog archives to the Halloween Hash 2006.

 
Milling around at the beer check.

 
Everyone made fun of Monique with her early-1980s vintage headlamp. She looked like a miner. The battery pack is on the back of her head and is about the size of an index card. Hilarious!


During religion, four of us hashers were charged for being first-timers on the Darkside. The fellow in this picture ran the marathon last weekend. He was charged double for the offense of "training."

Despite the darkness, running on trails and railroad tracks, no ankles were twisted, no noses were broken, and no runners were lost.
On on!