Run -1838 - 15th January
Date: 15th January 2023
Hares: Kinderkarten Kop and Just say When
Run Number: 1838
Location: Malaga/Mijas area
Number of Hashers: Plenty plus 5 or 6 canines
Virgins: Not sure
Visitors: Nil
Run Score: Pretty High
Anniversaries: Nil
Report:
Kilimanjaro Jan’ 1965: 19,340 ft,
Sundays run: Jan’ 2023: 1,666ft
Both had very similar outcomes.... .
The challenge.
Myself and three mates set out from Nairobi, suitably equipped, dressed in shorts, woolly socks, boots, shirt and Jacket, and broad rimmed sun hats, and of course woollen gloves.
The snow line was pretty thin at the top that year. We had just entered the snow, with a short haul to the summit, when one of the lads was overcome with altitude sickness. We drew straws to see who would help him down to the base hut, while the other two carried on, I drew the short straw.
Sunday, Hash run 1838 ...Kilimanjaro re hashed. 1,666 ft
Me and my two Sherpa colleagues, Toni and Evie, set off, not suitably equipped, ie, no water or food. My two Sherpa pals hauled me up to the place of drink and rest, just short of the summit, (If there was one), where the only thing missing was the snow. Evie, overcome with exhaustion and altitude sickness, (Poetic license used here, not a diagnosis), immediately hauled herself into the back seat of the beer waggon, and gave me a look which said ,’that’s it, I’m buggered’. So once again I drew the short straw,(Toni really didn’t have much say in the matter), so I, with the Help of Yogi and his mountain rescue vehicle, got Evie safely back to base camp. Similar story, you can see that, isn’t that amazing.
The two Sherpa lasses where noticeably subdued during the course of events which followed,
which for this pair of rascally dogs, was quite a change.
The Circle.
The GM.
No visitors, virgins,(might have missed that bit), anniversaries, birthdays, (didn’t mention mine, I only had a couple of bob.), nothing, quite remarkable.
The Hares had a good response from the circle, so no hash shit there.
Then came ‘The Chameleon’ that is the RA Cardinal Colonic.
As he made a grand appearance, Cocktapussy, sprang to mind at his first character took charge of the circle.
Countless charges followed; Being rich. Sporting a super duper wrist watch, and many more, which had I known I was going to scribe the event, I would have surely remembered two or three of them in full.
The RA made many changes, starting with a Colonel Blimp waxed style moustache, and trimming it down as other characters came to life, till finally it was gone, he had a ‘bare’ lip, we could still understand him, but nobody knew who he was...
The end!