Annual Stampede event was a campout in Wayne, Alberta home of the Rosedeer Hotel and the Last Chance Saloon. Camping in the Alberta badlands!
A Full Moon Run on Friday evening, with the main event happening on Saturday afternoon.
The group with camping gear started arriving on Thursday to get the good spots. Camping for one or two lights depending on your desire. Some even booked rooms at the prestigious Roedeer Hotel.
A drive of about an hour and a half through the scenic countryside of Alberta, with impressive vista’s of the badlands.
With 30 plus signed up for the event, the campground filled up with our group.
Full Moon Run
A Full Moon Run was organized by Rashy and Stoolie. They set trail and then fed us with wonderful hot dogs. Not a lot of pictures, but here are a couple that illustrate what a great time the walkers had.
The Saturday trail was set by Pyro, Tommy Two Fingers and Camshaft. Epic views were had as we challenged the badlands. The pack assembled for the two o’clock start after sampling the Full Steam Lager sourced from Valley Brewing in Drumheller.
It was a hot day and it was difficult to keep up the pace. Here is a memorable false trail with a view.
The bushwacking and steep climbing made for a fun time.
Look at what was collected on trail. Spikey things and grass that was like little knives.
The river crossing was quite refreshing. The high turbidity brown water was a nice touch, and the muddy shores were interesting. Shoe sucking shiggy comes to mind.
Eventually, we ended up at the regroup to enjoy some chilled beverages.
After the run, it was back to the camp ground to drink more beer and think about eating.
Post Run Shenanigans
A picture is worth a thousand words, so use your best judgement to interpret what happened.
A fine evening of eating and drinking until we ran out of beer.
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!
Most of Hump the SharkSlippy and TwistyHardly and DastardlyLazy CummerBacchanal and Liquor LotsAbandoned PussyAP and King Shit (with the onesie)LSOS with his favourite hash shitMucky Dip putting on the high beams
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.
On In runs the circle!
AP describes the marksThese are 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.
Waiting patientlyCalgary Tower looking very seasonalGood to wait to cross safely!
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!
Olympic Plaza – on the way out!
Olympic Plaza By the homeless shelterBacchanal trying to flyAP ensuring our safetyDo not stop around here
Art Shot
There were not a lot of playgrounds on the trail, so we had to fully use what we found.
SwingersWhat to choose!Bacchanal tests her phone’s fall app!Faster than it looksBumpy slideSwing for 2No one was hurt on this installation
More sights and sounds of downtown were observed as we made it back over the river.
Reconciliation BridgeTower over thereCalgary TowerLights on 8th ave
Head? Who said head?
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.
AP and Mucky Dip find usRegroupCalgary Tower view
Mmmm Lady Fingers inspired selfie!
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.
Ready for beer and food. Down Down’s to follow!
Are we not important?
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!
RA readyChoir ready
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.
Here’s to the Hare!Slippy ThongSlippy and LSOSMucky is entertained by somethingMucky Dip for not getting lostWe are out of here…..other plans!
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.
Nachos for everyone!
Down Down’s continued until we were done and declared “on the piss”.
Thank you for the onesie of shame Lazy Cummer and his costumePhilanthropist DastardlySlippy Thong called up again….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.
A Drinking Club with a Running Problem — The Calgary Hash House Harriers
