Hares:   Karate Kilt and Slow Clap

Location: Lennox Irish Pub

5909 Signal Hill Centre SW, Calgary, AB T3H 3P8

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RA: Hump the Shark

Attendance: 14

View from Signal Hill

The Beginning

The group was pleased that Karate Klit kindly kame forward to set trail in the wild west end of town near Signal Hill. Of course, this is the time of year that sunny and warm one day becomes winter wonderland the next day.

As such, the arrival of 10 cm of snow did not bode well for the marks on the sidewalks that were set with care on the warm and dry Sunday. After some level of consternation and multiple re-marking, the hash trail was set. Map support with colour printing made it a feasible operation.

Hashers made it to the Lennox Irish Pub for the beginning or the run. Winter wonderland = snow and crappy driving/running conditions. Bright lights and white snow made for some interesting photographs of the event. Hashers assembled inside waiting for all those keen runners to show up.

Insane Bolt called on the pack to assemble outside in the cold and dark.

Insane Bolt went through the circle quickly as it was a small, but eager group. KC called into the circle to explain the marks, which sadly, was moot point as those marks were under snow.

The smart hashers memorized the map and set off to mimic the lines seen on the map.

The Trail

Leaving the parking lot, we headed across the street at a crosswalk to ultimately commit to climbing that significant hill that was nearby. Previous runs in the neighbourhood have educated some of us of the “one way up” set of stairs.

With winter upon us, we discovered the hill that city busses choose to die on. Daisy Duke was not being very helpful in trying to fix the problem.

Yes there were parks for hashers to play in. Daisy Duke chose the headfirst down the slide in fresh snow method. Not for the timid.

We have evidence that at least one mark survived the snow.

The trail eventually made it to the regroup where the Commando wagon was available to dispense suitable refreshments.

The group wandered back to the pub for the indoor down down’s.

Down Down’s

Inside the pub, we had a segregated space for the down down’s. The Monday Night Football cult was out in force. Hump the Shark made up a religious advisor program from the ether. Do let the facts get in the way of a good story! Roaring Nancy was selected at the choir and the ceremony proceeded.

Many offences and crimes were put forward and down down’s were enjoyed.

Special call out to Dastardly, who was conflicted with running the trail or winning money at the Grey Eagle casino. Payday for Dastardly who came back to celebrate his massive winnings with nachos for the group.

Nacho feast

Eventually, it all came to an end and we were declared “on the piss”.

Scribed by Skewbic Hair

Trail Summary

A fine trail in excess of 5 km’s was enjoyed by those who chose to run it. A good example of how superfluous marks can be when you have snow everywhere.