Month: February 2010

Here’s a hash rating scale originally devised by ZiPpY and PlayDoh Penis. Readers, what hash rating should your hash get? G-Rated Hash: Beer and snacks, sodas for non-drinkers, names like “Fuzzy Wuzzy,” songs like “He’s a Hasher, He’s True Blue,” new shoes okay, no one pukes, hash over in two hours. PG-Rated Hash: Cases of beer, names like […]

Note: article updated 8/25/11. Not long ago I mentioned bicycle hashing on Facebook. A hasher from Austin, Texas — a hashing town if ever there was one — read my comment and added one of his own, saying he wished there was a bash in Austin. No bash in Austin? Why the heck not? Does […]

I’ve been thinking about the three basic trail configurations available to hares: A-to-A, A-to-A+, and A-to-B.  If you’re a hasher you know what all that means.  In case you aren’t, here are some short definitions: A-to-A: a trail that starts and ends at the same place. A-to-A+: a trail that ends near the start. A-to-B: a point-to-point […]

The hash, I believe, is unique in that it has no professional core or cadre. Somewhere within the structure of virtually every other “volunteer nonprofit” athletic, social, or charitable group – be it Road Runners USA, the national bike teams participating in the Tour de France, even Girl Scouts International – there’s a CEO, a […]

Some time ago, I visited a hash in Southern California. I knew most of the hashers there, so I was with friends. The weather was perfect. The hares and the pack were stoked. The trail was scenic and challenging, and the hares did an outstanding job of keeping the pack together – the quick and […]

Religion, also called “the circle,” is an important part of hash tradition, and often the most remembered part of the trail. With over 1,300 hashes in the world, there must be at least 1,300 ways to conduct a circle, but the basics are such that most of us would feel right at home in any […]

Every hash has wallflowers: harriers and harriettes who show up every week but never ever hare. You can beg, plead, and threaten, but they always have an excuse. I suspect that when you get right down to it, your really determined wallflower is afraid to hare. Afraid of doing something for the first time, afraid […]

Like many hashers, I’m interested in our origins and history.  I read everything I can get my hands on.  When I go to interhashes, I seek out experienced hashers and ask them for their take on things.  I’ve swilled beer and talked trash with old-timers around the world, including Ian Cumming, Bill Panton, and Magic […]