http://vanhash.com/site/index.php/site/index/ en steve.deller@gmail.com Copyright 2008 2008-09-30T18:49:00-08:00 http://vanhash.com/site/index.php/site/vh3_run_hotline/ 604-290-9443 2006-11-22T16:18:31-08:00 http://vanhash.com/site/index.php/site/slumberdicks_shaughnessy_shilly_shallyoctober_6th_615pm/ Hasher's the Monday the October 6th 6:15pm run is hared by the venerable Slumberdick he tells us to go to: 32nd AND LAUREL ----------------EAST OF OAK STREET BY THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL. Look for the Flour and or the no-minds. On On is TBA. View Larger Map 2008-09-30T17:49:00-08:00 http://vanhash.com/site/index.php/site/vancouver_courier_writes_about_vh3_1000th_run_weekend/ published on 05/26/2006

Big weekend for drinking club with running problem
By Bob Mackin

They have nicknames like "Slumberdick," "Hard-on," "Crispy Bush" and one
that starts "Aw," continues with the sixth letter of the alphabet and
ends with a rhyme for "bucket."
They run 10 kilometres or so (with a substantial emphasis on the "or
so") through city streets and forest trails. Their destination is a
finish line where everyone gets gold-in chilled, bubbly and liquid
form-if they so desire.

No bankers or brewers sponsor the non-competitive runs, though they're
welcome to join the fun.

They're the Vancouver Hash House Harriers. Like their affiliates
worldwide, they say they belong to a "drinking club with a running
problem."

"It's guaranteed if you go to a hash, if you've had a bizarre day, it'll
be erased clean by the time you finish the hash," said Steve "Hard-on"
Deller, who sells medical equipment online.

Legend has it, a group of British expats started the phenomenon in 1938
at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's Royal Selangor Club, a spot they called the
Hash House because of the food. A lead runner, called the hare, sets the
course and leaves trail markers for the harriers to follow, like chalk
arrows, pieces of paper or flour. Flour was pooh-poohed in downtown
Vancouver hash runs because there were too many false alarms by citizens
mistaking the harmless white powder mounds for anthrax.

"We finally have been able to corral people to think smart when they're
on the course to do chalk arrows on the sidewalk," Deller said. "Once we
get a little bit more rural we drop flour again. We haven't set off the
(hazardous materials team) in the last six months, I guess we're doing
something right."

Hashers come from all walks and jogs of life, like plumbers, pilots and
physicians.

English as a second language teacher Phil "Crispy Bush" Mowatt ran his
first hash in Kuwait and he looks up the local club wherever he goes.

"Quite often you find out a lot of interesting things about places you'd
never, ever learn from a tourist guidebook," Mowatt said. "And a pretty
good party as well."

Sweat is released during the run and beer is traditionally consumed at
the post-hash bash. Hashers have a reputation to live up to and live
down at the same time, but suds aren't mandatory and water and juice are
highly recommended during the hash.

"Alcohol isn't the number one focus anymore and we don't want it to be,
particularly when people are driving," Deller said. "It's not about the
amount you're drinking."

They run at 2:15 p.m. on Saturdays in winter, 6:15 p.m. on Mondays in
summer. Their "Hugh Jorgen" Memorial Run is on the first Thursday of the
month and sometimes they hash under the full moon.

Today begins one of the biggest weekends in two decades of local hash
lore. Hashers will run through Gastown and the East Side tonight, ply
the trails of the Garibaldi Highlands in Squamish tomorrow and partake
in the historic 1,000th Vancouver run on Sunday at 2:15 p.m. from the
Vancouver Rowing Club. Some of the 75 hashers expected are traveling
from Los Angeles and even Ivory Coast.

As they say in hashdom, "on-on."]]> 2006-06-12T21:24:12-08:00