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HASHSHIT HOLDERS - Boltoneon - Mudguard

When Witless and Superbrat set out to give the Hash a run, they really know how to do it! This was a run not to be forgotten!! The Hares set a Point to Point from Sentul Selatan which could have ended up at Hambalang or at Taman Budaya, scenes of recent fracas with the owners and Satpam. As it was the Satpam at Bukit Sentul were not too happy with the gathering along the road as Tarzan again reported the correct permission had not been obtained. Will we never learn? So off set the pack in the direction away from Bukit Sentul down a false trail going under the toll road unable to hear the cries of On-On from those wiser Hashers who stayed at the top and headed across a rickety bridge alongside the toll road braving the traffic pollution.

The trail did then head under the toll road and we were off to what many suspected was the Novotel at Bogor. The trail was littered with paper and not all of it from the Hares. Could this be a site used by the Bogor Hash? The trail meandered through boring crops causing much anguish to the locals seeing their livelihoods crushed under foot by thoughtless bule-bule. There were some obvious checks and loops trying to make the best of this unfriendly country with treacherous slopes and any views blocked by the swirling mists. It was by shear good luck that the rain held off and stopped the rivers becoming torrents which would surely have washed away the many flimsy bridges.

This soon became a kampong run with the trail going from kampong to kampong often on hard roads which do not make for enjoyable running. The lack of clear direction was compensated by the usually correct directions given by the villagers through whose communities and indeed sometimes houses, we were running. The pollution from the road was compounded by the stench of tapioca processing plants as the trail ran literally through several of these. Of course since this was a point to point and the end point was several hundred metres higher than the start point, much of the run was uphill including several flights of slimy mud steps which, had it rained, could easily have resulted in serious injury.

As it was, the final part of the trail was a disaster through kampong, walled in tracks and tree sheltered tracks. In the dark, the paper disappeared against the background of rubbish and leaves and caused several Hashers to spend time trying to find the trail in. The narrow goat paths alongside drops of many metres into festering sewage made this part of the run unacceptable in its sheer thoughtlessness for those latecomers such as Pretty Boy and Angie Babay and those slower Hashers who usually have to find there way back in the dark.

And finally the run ended – nowhere. The cars had been parked on a road miles from the finish which was actually at the Bogor International School. Any latecomer would be hopelessly lost as Pretty Boy must have been arriving back at 1920 hours. By the way last weeks run was much better.

This was a tribute not so much to the Hares, whose run was actually declared a good run, but more to Konkorde and all that he has done for the Hash in the nine and a half years that he has been Hashing in Indonesia. Konkorde really entered into the spirit of the occasion by handing out cigars to all and sundry. The Hash responded by giving him a DD, the first of many. The Hares dedicated two songs to Konkorde – "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and "Happy Birthday Sweet Thirteen". Konkorde and friends were sporting funny hats which somehow they omitted to remove when in the circle but got away with it. Konkorde did however get DDs for leading Konkrete Kock back in and for his definition of "diametrically opposite". He was also given his leaver’s mug accompanied by the full leaver’s song and reminiscences of his time in Jakarta from him and from other Hashers most of which are unprintable. He was however presented with his horn which after so long still worked after a bit of coaxing.

Konkorde sang two songs, "Will You Miss Me Next Week …" and would you believe:

Enough said.

Sunda restaurant Bale something on the road back to Bogor. Excellent food excellent company, late night for many.

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