All China Nash Hash 2024 – Run 2

All China Nash Hash 2024 – Run 2
Hong Kong H3 #2891

This was the main event day for the 24th All China Nash Hash. The last time I was in China was 2002 for the very first ACNH in Beijing (also their 1000th run weekend). 22 years ago I was still a young strapping lad, and was actually the FRB on the ball breaker trail . . . receiving the coveted Ratchucker Memorial Cup (you can see more on that at . . . https://www.gotothehash.net/history/ItS-China.pdf ). Now, all these years later I did not even dare do the BB trail in Hong Kong, with all these damn hills. I opted for the Rambo (long) trail that was only 9 kms, but still had a shit ton of ups and downs.

We gathered at Shooter’s Bar and waited for the busses to arrive, and it was raining off and on. We had an hour and a half bus ride to the start, which took us north almost up the China border, but then came back south into one of the national parks. At the start, it was raining, but tapered off just a bit as we took off on trail. Although, with the humidity, we were mostly soaking wet anyway. Trail interlaced many sandy and dirt tracks, along with access roads, to give us a fun 9 kms of joy as we made the usual UP and DOWN along the way. We eventually returned to the bus parking lot and awaiting all to finish. We then had a short circle before getting on the bus to the BASH site (that’s the on on on). We had dinner in an old pig farm in the middle of nowhere, even after the busses dropped us off, we still had to hike in another 300-400 meters along a twisting path to nowhere. Once we settled in, the food was served and it was delicious . . . BUT, they brought out the food in waves. So depending on when you got in line, determined what you actually got to eat. But we all got fed.

We eventually had another joint circle with all the other trails, and then the bands started playing. The night was capped off with a local hash band called the RED ZEPPLIN. They were quite good, and had the whole pack jumping and dancing. By 2200, we headed back to the busses for the 45 min ride back to town and called it a night. Another great day on the hash here in Hong Kong.Baca lagi