DAY ONE:
Rules and Guidelines. Attendance. Information Gathering
Discuss Syllabus
This past Saturday I joined something called the Hash House Herriers. They self-title themselves “The Drinking Group with a Running Problem”. The idea is really terrific. It’s essentially a hike through the woods followed by drinking games.
The idea is that you are all chasing hares. The 3 hares start out 15 minutes before everyone else and set a trail. There are various symbols like “O” and “X” and “-“ that they mark the trail with (using flour). You start running and try to stay on their trail. Meanwhile they try to confuse the group….sometimes you run 150 feet through the woods and see an X telling you that it’s the wrong way. Sometimes you see the - , little drops of flour on the floor and you know you are headed the right way. As you hit milestones you shout out to the rest of the group…ON-ON so they know to follow you through and that you found the right path. This way everyone sticks together.
Our hiking trip lasted nearly 2 hours….and by the end I was tired and sweaty. That’s great because part TWO is involved drinking games.
Rules and Guidelines. Attendance. Information Gathering
Discuss Syllabus
This past Saturday I joined something called the Hash House Herriers. They self-title themselves “The Drinking Group with a Running Problem”. The idea is really terrific. It’s essentially a hike through the woods followed by drinking games.
The idea is that you are all chasing hares. The 3 hares start out 15 minutes before everyone else and set a trail. There are various symbols like “O” and “X” and “-“ that they mark the trail with (using flour). You start running and try to stay on their trail. Meanwhile they try to confuse the group….sometimes you run 150 feet through the woods and see an X telling you that it’s the wrong way. Sometimes you see the - , little drops of flour on the floor and you know you are headed the right way. As you hit milestones you shout out to the rest of the group…ON-ON so they know to follow you through and that you found the right path. This way everyone sticks together.
Our hiking trip lasted nearly 2 hours….and by the end I was tired and sweaty. That’s great because part TWO is involved drinking games.
I did a pretty lousy job of explaining the rules....so go to http://www.gthhh.com/ to find out the official rules. The game is played all over the world in major cities. There is one in every borough of New York and even Long Island.
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