True believers

Scenes above from Friday night's full moon run (top) and Sunday afternoon's "Ultimate Hangover" run reveal a rather unlikely group (circled) of althogether 19 'completely insane' hashers who made it to and mostly did all 4 runs this weekend, including the Tsunami axis (not shown above in either photo: His Fault and Phrik Kii Nu) Softie and Temp, Buktoy and (not shown) Chao Ngor, Ting Tong, the Egg family (Peppered Pussy not shown) and 4 runners from Batu Pahat and Labis H3.
Friday's Full Moon run (below) was well attended and appreciated, almost restoring Stick Insect's tattered reputation as a hare. 6.3k with a maximum height of 109m, it was completed at a blistering pace by the front runners in about an hour with Sticky sweeping up those who missed the short run turn off and walked the long run.

Saturday's SH3 run Below, green-red-green) was a little shorter but reached a height of 175m with a total ascent of 250m, most of which seemed to happen all at once. Generally well appreciated, it took the front runners about 55 mins to complete the long run with the 3.2k short run taking somewhat less even after the pack had spent some time disinterring the route after the hare had failed to join up the two bits of the out trail. Those completing the long run included 7 KL runners who walked the long run and were finally guided home by Kii Leum and Star Sex after almost two and a half hours on the trail but happily still on paper.

Sunday's Songkran town walk took the full brunt of the Malaysian invasian, with about 25 KL Hashers variously from the Full Moon H3, the Harriets, Royal Lake Club H3 and Fuckarwees Sans Frontieres H3 as well as a group of 11 hashers from Batu Pahat and Labis H3 in Johor. The walk started almost promptly for a change and took in most of Wachira as well as a long stretch of the beach before returning to Coffee in Love via the dark Side and Sisuda Road. With 5 beer stops along the way, most but not quite all the beer was consumed and the party was still in full swing when the fanatics left at about 2:30 for the final run of the weekend at Hatayai H3.
Set by Mr. and Mrs Buk Toy, and located at the dam at Phru Toh the pack was comforted by the hares that the run was not too long. It stretched away South for a while and then commenced a long and probably quite high ascent up the flank of Ko Hong before a fairly direct descent almost exactly back to the runsite. The mood after the run could best be described as subdued as the pace began to tell and at the end of the circle most people seemed to be minded to head for bed although the Malaysian contingent showed true spirit by announcing that they were going shopping.
But a wonderful weekend of Hashing which must have cemented Songkhla's reputation as a Hash worth visiting. Lots of new and old friends and a reminder, if it were needed, of what a great event Songkran is, with tremendous goodwill on display both from locals and guests and from young and old alike.

SH3 poster boy, Kii Leum shows how it's done.