We had run about two miles to find ourselves a mile from where we parked, and we were at the base of a very big, very muddy hill. It was no great surprise when our guiding flour blobs pointed us into the wooded hills. Our Monterey Bay hash and the East Bay hash both run a fair amount of trails, but San Francisco and Silicon Valley hashers are geographically limited to roads. While each hash is a little different, there are a few constants. Today's hare was Swallow's husband, dBased.
False trails have two flour blobs and then three short, parallel dashes.
Runs cover anywhere from three to seven miles, depending on the motivation of a hash, with most being around four miles. At the conclusion of a run, hashers drink more beer and celebrate the misdeeds and misadventures from the hash. For a down down, recipients drink a beer until it is either gone or poured over their heads. Actually, most hashers are over 30 and gainfully employed. Some are even respected by their peers.