Run 1522
Venue : Pangsun
Hare : Kojak
Co-Hare : Bee
Scribe : Mother Sheep
Yet again I am writing someone elses scribe report even if she is the wife. Is the only teaching of writing given to female Malaysians 0n how to use their husbands cheque books?
An overcast day with light rain found the pack gathering at the car park area just before 4:30pm, where we were joined by a number of visitors, guests and the GM.
ON ON was called at 4:30pm and the pack went down the hill into the valley, where the first check was called close to a fenced in area. This was eventually broken forward and to the right, unfortunately at this time your scribe was checking backwards and to the left behind the enclosed compound. When I reappeared the pack was gone, but it was not difficult to follow the path through all the shaggy. I would have thought that with so many people ahead of me that every leech would have eaten his fill, but no, five of them still wanted English blood.
Half a kilometer on I emerged on the tarmac road in the kampong to find people wandering everywhere. No body was really sure if there was a check or whether the paper had been picked-up. As no paper could be found in the near vicinity it was generally agreed that paper had been picked. I therefore decided that the only way forward was to get further from the village and start circulating again. Crossing the stream I proceeded up hill as there seemed to be an open area there. I found the paper and started to call the pack through. (Not running off after the first call but standing there until I was certain that the pack was coming half had already passed me!).
Unfortunately at this time I did not realize that the paper went onto another tarmac road and stopped. (I later learnt from the hare that this was supposed to be the second check so was there checking paper picked up by the pack or someone else?). Anyway there appeared to be two ways to check left or right, straight ahead been a fenced in Dragon Fruit farm the only fruit to grow on concrete fence posts! As right was slightly downhill and left was uphill, and all seasoned veterans of Pangsun know we will go up the hill eventually I decide that checking uphill is a better bet.
Going round outside the dragon fruit orchard I get to the top of the orchard now probably 400m from the check, and can still hear the calls of ARE YOU and see the milling masses below. Finding anice 2m wide track ascending into the jungle with 6 high grass I continue to ascend. This a lovely hashing trail and it is obvious a couple of people had walked here recently. Only one minor problem no paper. Eventually I come across a horizontal track and follow this around looking for the paper. While on this track with secondary jungle on both sides I hear the faint calls of ON On down in the valley probably 300 below. I make a simple decision unless the pack are coming up I will be going home soon as 30 minutes have been lost on this run already due to poor trail laying.
I eventually emerge at the top of another orchard and can see the pack below going into the jungle on the far side and hear the ON ON cries as the pack commences it ascent. Crossing the Orchard and into the jungle I step onto paper at the same time as the FROPs of Dave Wilson and Knut. I am greeted with the cry why are you not calling. I explain that 2 seconds ago I was not on paper and you are already calling from 2m away.
It is at this stage being at the front of the pack and actually moving that I can observe how poorly the paper has been laid with 10m spacing between squares making it difficult to follow.
The next check was just over the ridge and off horizontally. Looking at the terrain I would guess that paper was all the way down and in the treeline on the other side of the valley. However before getting there an ON ON call was heard backwards. So climbed back up and picked up the paper leading into the check, only to hear FALSIE. Re-lay the paper and go down the hill again where the check was broken by Dave Wilson where I suspected the paper to be.
This was the last check that I really saw, and for the next hour we spent the majority of time single filing, slipping and sliding our way around, up down the hill. Noticed that there was a check in a Dusun area which was broken up a very steep logging trail and another in the secondary field just before the large mountain stream. The sound of the roaring stream comes as a welcome as we are now about 1½ hours into the run and this means that the pipeline is near with the road down the hill just beyond.
Going down the hill on the road suddenly realize that there is no paper well I am not going back up the hill to see where the paper was, as home is along this road anyway.
I understand that the front runner was just under 2 hours, I made it back in 2Ό hours but some of our regular FROPS were well behind,. This was probably because the third check was not closed properly (I was about third out of that check and was not going back for the check paper.
What went wrong:-
Laying paper in a Kampong is always a very risky business you can increase your chances as a hare by using flour, chalk or shredded paper. If using normal squares tear the paper nearly in half it is no longer as desireable.
There was too little paper on the trail making it hard to follow. As a hare the clib gives you 400+ squares this is enough for one piece of paper every 3m / 10ft for a 12km trail and this trail was only about 8km so 10m spacing must have led to a lot of returned paper.
The Circle on Site
After a brief introduction by the GM where introduces Peter one of our guests and John Lavelle explains that he has lots of work colleagues who do not want to hash and Peter is the least fit person he can find at work, he presents 10 and 15 year mugs to Wan King and Nim Chee.
The first Bomoh of the night is Paul Kirkman who is asked for only a couple of charges next time GM ask him to charge only two people with one charge each if that is what you want.
Wan King for his brand new GPS and going This cannot be right we are going away from the run site (Colin we normally do this most times until we turn round and come back)
The Hares for not enough paper
Guinness for odd colour socks
Ah Wan for funny running style
Candy for funny running and walking style
Dennis Chin for conducting a full time tour guide approach to his surrounding ladies and explaining everything except where the trail is!
Grace for disgracing herself too drunk to park her car in her allocated parking spot, and then alter reporting the car stolen to the Police. This was not helped that the security guards at her Condominium told her not to park her car in the lobby.
Wolfgang for major intoxication and vomiting in the car on Friday evening on the way home. Apparently Ima is still cleaning the car. (As an aside how long to drive from Bangsar to Menara Duta 1 hour if you are Helen and Ron and you need to stop six [6] times for Helen to chunder on the roadside. This might account for why the comic was missing on Saturday)
Screw Ewe for disposing of contaminated rubbish in Ramlees bin
Next Bomoh was Wan King
GM for returning after an absence of two weeks (I think he is an oilfield worker 2 weeks on 2weelks off and he can bring this to the hash!)
Paul K (Wan King is vengeance sweet when he has just on downed you) Any way apparently Pauls wife Nancy ratted him having new shoes they were not very new by now with all the shaggy this day!
Jimmy for newly repaired car
FGB no underwear while at the Wall the other night (You are all warned)
At this stage the GM invited the Birthday girl up for a drink and with unaminous agreement of the pack the ice was also brought out for ratting on hubby after he had taken her away for the night on her birthday. While the ice was being warmed entertainment was requested from the floor, and guest Peter obliged with a song. Announcements were made for the Bangsar Hash my Birthday Run Tuesday 23 May 2006 at Menara Bangsar and the SHOT in Bangkock middle of June.
The ON ON was held in Ulu Langat, where the run was, probably luckily, an On Down. The Guests were called up and suitably ON Downed. This was immediately followed by the Co-hare again for not coming up as a guest.
The evening was finished off with Birthday cake provided by Paul and/or Nancy.
A new Triple ON venue of Carnegies was announced where the hash will currently get the first drink free and 10% off after that.
I went home some stayed and watched the rest of the FACup Final and I assume some went to Carnegies
ON ON