Hares: Shakesbeer

Location: Sandy Beach Park SW, 4500 14a St SW, Calgary, AB T2T 3Y4

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RA:  Strap On Crampon

Attendance: 33

The Beginning

We were pleased that Shakesbeer volunteered to set trail on short notice. He selected Sandy Beach SW as a starting point. A surprising amount of wilderness and difficult trails are near by, plus the Elbow River!

The group assembled in the recently renovated parking lot and prepared for the circle to be called. Apparently there were some pre run novelties in the form of Jello and something in a small cup.

There was a small selection of hashers that were late to the circle. Apparently an unexpected power failure meant access denied to her car. A rescue mission was initiated. As such, early picture taking of the circle was handled by Dastardly.

With the circle called, the group assembled in something that looked like a circle.

A flurry of activity as the late group arrived to join the circle after rescuing a stranded hasher.

After the interruption subsided, the hare was called into the circle to describe the marks for the trail.

With the marks describe, the pack was released to find the trail.

The Trail

From the parking lot, the pack started looking for marks. There was some confusion as the which way was out, as perhaps the end of trail marks were found first.

All was sorted out eventually as the pack disappeared into the dense brush by the Elbow River.

The trail continued through dense brush with many trees across the pathway that required some climbing to get over.

Then the regroup was found and everyone was pleased.

The lawn chairs came out and the group took over a portion of the parking lot.

Such a happy group patiently waiting for the down down’s to begin.

The Down Down’s

The beverages were prepared and the Religious Advisor, Strap On Crampon, prepared here program in here very small notebook.

With all the preliminaries done, it was show time. Strap On donned a ceremonial sarong and led the down down’s from the middle of the circle.

Strap On selected a choir of Dastardly, Lazy Cummer and Rashy Bush. A mostly sitting choir was revved up to sing themselves a song.

First off was the hare, who received a down down for setting a great trail.

The family that hashes together gets a down down together. Apparently Scissor Sister was associated with this group through salad discussions.

With the down down’s complete, we were declared to be “on the piss”

Immediately after Insane Bolt accepted a beer for the next RA, he remembered his schedule and had to immediately capitulate. Scoobie will pick it up for the next run.

Scribed by Skewbic Hair.

Trail Summary

The epic trail ended up to be 7 km through the deepest recesses of Sandy Beach Park. Great views with interesting terrain. A fine effort by Shakesbeer!

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