2025 -Time Marches On On . . .

It was an early morning gathering for the 2 hour bus ride out from Kathmandu, to the venue. Upon arrival, we were offered a light breakfast while we waited for the hares to finish setting trail, and all the local hashers to arrive.

Once we were assembled, given a quick chalk talk, we were off. The chalk talk had a couple caveats about some crazy shit about the hares crossing trail, and to be wise to not take a wrong turn . . . WELLLLLLL . . . After the first couple kms, we passed one spot where paper went off in two different directions, but one of the hares was there to point us in the right direction (you can probably see where this is going by now). As we reached the top of the first local mountain, the pack had spread out, and some of us, unbeknownst, ended up on trail going backwards, which we did not fully realize until we met the other half of the pack coming the other way.

After several laughs and chiding the hare, each group kept heading in the direction they were on, and the backwards crew finished up about 30 minutes (or more) before those on the intended direction of trail. But overall, a super fun and grueling trail. 11.69 kms long, with over 600 meters of climbing, and decent.

As the pack rolled in, and availed themselves of the dinner provided, some of us focused on rehydrating, and after a few beers, the circle was eventually called to order. Many down downs were passed out, not the least of them to the hares, and fun was had by all. As the temps dropped, everyone changed over to warmer attire, and our dozen or so visitors boarded the bus for the 2 hour ride back to town.

Time for a few hours of sleep, then make our ways to the airport for a 0900 flight to Paro, Bhutan . . . and a week of adventure. More to follow on that.Читать далее