Hashing Kilt

[Spartan Tartan]

and just outside of Washington, D.C. (where we found the dead body).

WHAT?!?!

Whereas you CLEARLY have more experience with hashing than I have, my experiences were FAR more tame than any of those you explained. Mine were limited to what is essentially a pub crawl. We chased from bar to bar where we needed to drink either a shot or down a pint...and so it goes. I would ABSOLUTELY have wore a kilt back for that. However, based upon what you describe, I would agree that a kilt would be best worn AFTER the event during the celebrations.

[triolamj]

The Great Gispert as I hear it was a civilian civil servant, an Australian, and not an A&S Highlander. And Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia is the homeplace of hashing though I imagine there are enough hashers in Singapore for a museum (3 or 4 of them including Lion City HHH).

Don't let those doofuses in El Paso screw you. Offer the pattern on your website but instead of "Trail" and "Hunting" use "Hares" and "Hounds". Any real Hasher will realize that you're the "real deal" and not those other hosers.

[triolamj]

Did I forget to mention the Halloween hash through the sewers beneath Austin, Texas' capitol, dressed as a gangster with my then-girlfriend waiting for me dressed as Minnie Mouse? Dude, a pub crawl is a crawl, but a hash is a run. No strain, no pain, no point.

[Spartan Tartan]

I hear ya...we did a serious run across town from pub to pub, but ever since I have been interested in the real.deal. sounds like a good time and my kind of fun.

[cdarwin]

In my experience, hashes have a range of difficulty. Around here, we rank our trails based on the amount and intensity of the shiggy to be traversed. Pub crawls tend to be reserved for red/green dress events where some portion of the procedes go to a charitable organization (usually breast cancer awareness and the like). We have hashed through sewers, swam across lakes and fallen up to our chest in quicksand. It really is a blast and the folks I have met have been a load of fun.

Cheers,
-J

[triolamj]

"Steve Ashton: A link to the bio on "G". The founder of the Hash House Harriers . . . "

Thanks, Steve. Years ago (decades) when I hashed on a regular basis, we really didn't know a lot about Gispert. I had always heard that he was Australian and that his family lived there after the war. I'm glad to see he has a gravestone, too, since I had heard that his body was never found after the Battle or the war. As a 2Lt with the Argyll & Sutherlanders, you'd think he'd need a kilt. Six degrees . . .

[DougC]

I'm a new hasher--still a "Just." I'm looking for something to do after I stop playing lacrosse.

Anyway--IF the Wizard is in the mood to mitigate his loss, we can talk! It looks like your material is nicer than some of the other fabric I've seen and I'm a kiltie. I'm just saying...