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ISSUE NO. 2743

October 22 - 28, 2004

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NINETY NINTH HASH RUN EVEN
DRAWS ENTRIES FROM NAIROBI

treacherous hills at Kimerimeta

Coastweek - - A composite crowd of Nairobian and Mombasa Hashers ran the 99th run on the tricky and treacherous hills at Kimerimeta in Kwale during the Moi day weekend.

The Hares Eric'mouth' and Maria 'log-on' discovered the most inaccessible trails on the eastern slopes of the hills and set out to lay a trail, which at times was anything but.

The pack ran, slid and even fell down the rocky outcrops between crevices which were slippery due to dry weather and even drier soil. Going was downhill for about 2.5 kms. and then winding down the murram road that led to nowhere - almost.

A panting pack gratefully converged on to a Coconut banda and had their fill of the milk, with the Nairobi Religious Advisor in a mood for early down-downs promptly dis-pensed with coconut milk.

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The trail led on a flat terrain for another couple of Kms.

What comes down has to go back up in Hash terms.

So, everyone was led through the western slopes up the hillside again, this time on a goat trail.

The sun was already down and the going was tough even for the more seasoned front runners.

The trail at times clung precariously to the hillside and at other times was just an imagined hand or foothold !

But the brave Hashers managed and reached the home-hold at Kimerimeta Lodge in utter darkness thankful to the cold winds and starlit night.

The Lodge, specialy opened for the event, was lit by generators and the trail back to the quarters a kilometer away was under starlight after the down-downs and the initiations of the virgin Hashers.

Next morning the PACK descended to the Twiga Lodge camping site and after a sumptuous meal, ran the 100 th run on more level, flat and sandy terrain.

A total contrast to the previous evening's bone-basher.

• The 97th PAYBACK RUN was run
last Saturday on the hills off Jomvu Kuu.

The trail laid by Akinyi and Steven took everyone to lush hillsides and twice down to the mangrove clad seabeds.

The incoming tide played a hide and seek game with the tail enders but the perseverance paid off.

Nobody lost their footwear to the sucking ooze.