Hares: Abandoned Pussy
Location: Bottlescrew Bill’s Pub
140 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0A3
https://maps.app.goo.gl/8Y1BydWn9FumJKL48
RA: Hump the Shark
Attendance: 13
Bridge all lit up!
The Beginning
The last run of 2024 and Abandoned Pussy steps up to set trail. Did we say thank you for setting trail? The Christmas and New Years season has many runs to celebrate Boxing Day and New Years day. As such, a regular Monday run in the midst of these special runs can sometimes be a challenge to get excited about.
However, AP setting from downtown will be special. As she lives in one of the most southern neighbourhoods in Calgary, setting downtown involved some travel time.
The weather was turning cold, but Monday was not as cold as Tuesday will be. A small, but interested group showed up and was prepared for a downtown running adventure.
Some of us arrived a bit late and missed the warm up inside. There, just in time to catch the circle forming outside on the patio.
A collection of 13 intrepid hashers were present and AP had some plans for us!
On In performed the Hashmaster duties as those folks are away. On In went through an abbreviated introduction and invited AP into the circle to tell us about the marks.
The Trail
The pack was released to find the marks. A dusting of snow from when the trail was set suggested that some marks would be unreadable. Not to be discouraged, marks on vertical surfaces were still good to go.
As we meandered through the downtown, we cam across the soon to be demolished Olympic Plaza. Much activity with tourists and unhoused folks to keep us on our toes!
There were not a lot of playgrounds on the trail, so we had to fully use what we found.
More sights and sounds of downtown were observed as we made it back over the river.
Having the hare close by meant we avoided making too many mistakes trying to find the regroup. At the top of a parking structure, High Park was were we had set up refreshments for the regroup.
All done with the regroup, back to the bar to get set up for the down down’s.
Down Down’s
We had tables reserved in the back of Bottlescrew Bill’s which served us well.
Hump the Shark was the Religious Advisor and selected Skewbic Hair for a one person choir. Complicated my role as photo guy, so that was outsourced to Mucky Dip!
Let me mirth and merriment begin. Thank the hare, call out a number of offences, hand out hash shit for no particular reason. Bid farewell to a couple of Harrierettes that had some kind of a concert conflict…..unthinkable.
For those who were in the right place at the right time, a round of nachos was provided by our generous hasher who had profited from his gambling hobby that evening.
Down Down’s continued until we were done and declared “on the piss”.
Scribed by Skewbic Hair.
Trail Summary
Racked out a significant number of km’s on this one. In the 8-9 km range with lots to take in! Fine trail by AP, the last of 2024. You are welcome to set more trail in 2025. Great way to finish off 2024 runs.
This map suggests that we were all over the place. I suspect the GPS spy satellites had trouble tracking us with the tall buildings all around.