Mekong Full Moon Hash

For many reasons, this year's traditional full moon hash was in question. BoBo keeps bouncing back though, and without fail he pulled another one off. This year he even tried getting run over by a scooter, but even that could not stop him.

He did however, require some assistance to get trail set, which a few of us happily obliged. We went out in the morning yesterday at a slow pace, marking trail, while BoBo pointed here and there for us to make checks, false trails, and other requirements. At one point we had to cross a log over a stream, which took a good 15 minutes alone, but we managed to get it all done in 2.5 hours. As we enjoyed a beer or two at the venue, it started to rain, and after it tapered off, three of them went out to mark a short walker's cutoff to shorten things up for those who chose to. During that rain, they discovered that the water had risen up over the log, and making it even more difficult to get over.

As a last minute change, I ran out and rerouted the trail to avoid the water crossing, and many of the pack took that route . . . BUT, some who don't pay attention during the chalk talk, still managed to veer off from the obvious arrow, past two very large XX, and take the old trail to the water crossing log . . . fortunately, by that time, the water had receded once again, and they all made it across.

Overall, we had 150 hashers take part in this 6 kms (runners) and about 3 km (walker's) trail. The venue was awesome, but it had also been rented out to another party of about 200, and they played very loud music that nearly blasted us out. Eventually they took a break with the music, so we then commenced our circle. Then they started their presentation, and we ended up having to compete with them, but we were able to manage a solid 30 minute circle. Then we feasted, drank, and chatted with old friends, that we may not see again until next year's Mekong weekend in Cambodia. It was a great cap for yet another awesome weekend of hashing.Read more