Tag: Hash House Harriers

Mountain Goat

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I’ve mentioned or shown our “social running group”, the Hash House Harriers, before on this blog. One of the things that I really enjoy is the wide age range we have between us. Many kennels allow children but even kennels that are adult only (by choice or by accident) have runners in their twenties and thirties. There are no age limitations. By now, I’m sorry to say, we belong to the so-called old farts and there seem to be quite a lot of us. The oldest active hasher (i.e. one that goes on trails and doesn’t just sit around and wait for the runners to return) is Skinhead (his hash moniker). He doesn’t run anymore but walks the trails. Last autumn we were were at a place in the mountains of the Southern Black Forest, very steep trails, up and down. He kept walking with the vanguard, usually as the frontrunner -walker, easily outpacing much younger folk. He was 89 then and we are looking forward to seeing him as soon as the weather gets a bit warmer.

PS: We don’t just run (walk) together. We also party well together.

FOWC with Fangango: Spry

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A Risqué Name

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The Ragtag Daily Prompt and Fandango’s prompt for FOWC came together serendipitously for me today.

And yes, I am known by this name. That’s the name many people have in the phonebooks. And they call me that name, too, although often only Knicker or Knickers. I have T-shirts and jackets with that name and even a business card with that name on it. It’s difficult to explain to outsiders although the story behind it is a lot less risqué than what the embroidered picture suggests.

You Better Listen

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if you want to find the way!

Once a week we indulge ourselves by participating in a paper chase. One of us prepares a trail, marks it with chalk and then he has to explain his/her signs in detail to the rest of the group. Some signs are pretty standard, others are more creative. Either way, the audience is captivated.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Audience

A Tradition Since 1988

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Red Dress Runs are one of the highlights in the calendar of the Hash House Harriers. The rules are simple: a) There are no rules. b) Wear a red dress. Some of the guys stick to a red t-shirt but others will go all the way. I cut off a few heads or blurred faces to protect the not-so-innocent.

Red Dress Runs are traditionally fund raisers for charity ever since the first Red Dress Run in San Diego in 1988.
Often special t-shirts are produced for the event.
A red dress is not enough for some – the real wow is in the detail.

Red dresses and accessories for Life in Colour.

Circle Up!

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The words “in the circle” has a special meaning to anyone who has ever hashed (for more information check out Hash House Harriers on the net). After a run hashers congregate in a circle (or a more or less circle shaped form) and have fun, rehashing (sic!) what happened while out in the wilds. Lots of singing and drinking (a beverage of your choice which is often but not necessarily beer) and frivolity is involved.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: In the Circle

🎻Runners in the wood! 🎼 Tradition!

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It started with somebody saying: “Wouldn’t it be nice to do a hash-a-thon?”  We call a run a hash, and a hash-a-thon is 42 km.  The trail consists of four separate trails of approximately 11 km, give or take a few hundred meters, and spread out over a whole day with breaks in between.  Participants can – if they really really want to – run all 4 legs.  Or, they can run only 3 or 2 or even only 1.  We are a diverse group so each one’s ability is accommodated.  And sticking together and having fun together overrules any competitiveness (which is in any way punished at the end of the day, usually by having to drink a beer, with or without alcohol).

The participants come from the south of Germany, from Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich and Kaiserslautern.  One group organises a location (usually with a suitable campsite close by) and each group plans one leg of the run.  We’ve been doing this for the last eight years, so I guess it’s now a tradition.

For A Photo a Week: Tradition  where you can find more traditional photos and photos of traditions.

On On, HHH!

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No, don’t worry: S.H.I.T.S. is an acronym and stands for “Saturday Hash in the Summer“.

No, you really don’t have to worry: Hash has nothing to do with smoking.  Or cookies, for that matter.

It’s short for a worldwide social running club, the Hash House Harriers. A foot (or feet) is its logo.  Runners follow a trail marked in chalk or flour and when they find the right way to run they shout “on on“.

Cee was asking for feet for her Black&White Photo Challenge.  Feet she got.  More feet can be found here.

True trail

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When I hear trail I cannot help but think of paths marked with flour (or chalk, and occasionally completely different stuff) followed by mad people whom I happen to call friends, running, walking, skipping, crawling … following the “hash” and calling “on on”. An arrow with lines is called “true trail” and if you find this you know you are on the right track, and beer (or water) won’t be too far away.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Walking Paths and Trails