Fri, Jan 1 2010 - New Years Day Follow-the-Hare Hike & Party (View Original Event Details) Trip Leader(s): Charlie Cottingham, Marty Participants: Charlie Cottingham, Marty, Lynn, Fran C, Amy, Angela A, Candice , Rich M, Anya Tu, Joe Marszalek, Kathy Orr, Mollie M, Chad Moon, Bobby Marie, Janet Wade, Jim, Gary Babiarz, Britton M, Frank Wiggins, Debbie H, David J

Write Up:
  We were delighted to have exactly our target number of 20 AOCers come out for this 21st annual Hash House Harriers New Years Day hike/jog and backyard dinner party -- our 2nd annual AOC participation in the big event.  About 200 total revelers (mostly who were veteran hashers from this "Drinking Club with a Running Problem") took part in the "hash" including about 15 "hash virgins" from the AOC who were giving the sport a try for the first time.
  After meeting at the Doraville K-Mart parking lot on Buford Highway and reciting together the "Wedge of Allegiance" cheese-lovers' creed, we took off together on the adventurous "follow-the-hare" hike/run.  Within the first half mile it took us down a steep extension ladder followed by 200 yards of wading in ankle-deep water through a tunnel underneath I-285 near Spaghetti Junction.  Then to exit the tunnel it was one-at-a-time single-file along a very narrow concrete ledge above a big pool of cold water!  Congratulations esp. to you hash virgins for completed this much scarier than normal hash hazard!!
   A mid-hash refreshment break was lying in wait just a couple of hundred yards ahead after which the trail took us through more "shiggy" (briars and woods) and through a few neighborhoods -- eventually ending at the "on-in" and festive "down-down" party in the  cozy wind-protected back yard of one of the hashers on Bagley Drive (just N of Chamblee-Tucker Road).  The total hash distance had been only about 3 miles (hared expertly by Public Enema the founder of the event and his partner in crime Panty Waste).
  The down-down outdoor dinner party featured all the promised Wisconsin-style culinary delights including fried cheese curds, bratwurst, rice & beans, and French-Canadian style french fries, cheese & gravy.  Due to the unusually large number of "hash-virgins" it was decided to let them all remain virgins until their next hash at which time they'll be sung to and made to chug beer.  By about 5:30 PM the party was over and everyone had been offered a shuttle ride back to the start.
  We were grateful for sunny skies and a big campfire despite it being in the low 40s.  A good time was had by all and everyone agreed that this is something we should offer again for New Years Day 2011!

--"Dirty Limerick," a.k.a. Charlie

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