STEVENSON HALL HHH HASH #114


Date:  Sunday, February 15, 1987

Weather: cold

Set by:  Sean Smith 

Runners: Courtney, Pascal, MJ, III, Saal, Cahn, Kaufman,Wachspress, Havens, Hiser 
and the Geezer 

"First to Cooler"  Joe Burns, Kaufman (rumor)


Description, comments:  A long tour of frozen Princeton was set by SS in fluorescent 
blue.  Unfortunately it's well known that the retina doesn't respond to blue below 20  F 
and thus many marks were missed.  Indeed the start was a near record as the pack was 
lost after about 50 yards.  Only the Crime of Wachspress (see #101) outdid this one for 
rapidity of packloss.  Nor is it easy to remember a hash with more running through the 
mean streets of this yuppified town. Snow, ice and frozen concrete dominated.  
Nevertheless one must admit that there were some nice touches.  We grazed Conte's, 
many certain it must be the endpoint and nearly all forgetting that Conte's is closed on 
Sundays (a result of already damaged grey matter further slowed by the arctic 
temperature).  In the end it was Kaufman (it is said) who overran the beer with the pack, 
then collapsing from exhaustion, turned back and saw it. The geezer made a less than 
triumphant return from the Boston HHH with a DNF.  But perhaps he was more crafty 
than it appears, as he avoided walking the long frozen miles back to the start. This was 
a particularly sadistic touch devised by SS.   Are those initials a coincidence?  Those 
who endured the forced march back to Stevenson, sweat freezing to their skins, will 
forever doubt it.

Next Hash:  #115 Sunday, March 1, 2:00 pm behind Stevenson 91.  The geezer and 
MJ, III set.  It's hard to believe, but this is the kid's first set.  His penchant for swamp 
running  and the geezer's renowned dementia should make for a good run. Be there. 
Bring a friend, or better yet, an enemy.