The Hash House Harriers' virgin entry in the 9th occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade was a rousing success. Re-Peter organized this road trip. Thirty five hashers marched before 40,000 spectators while wearing beer hats & singing hash songs. Jock was laying a live trail while we took turns carrying the Hash Harlot in a sedan chair on our shoulders. The Harlot never looked so - Harloty. We were carrying a banner; Dr Mikey was dressed in his Monk outfit. He was sprinkling the holy golden elixir on us, the spectators and the cops! Bringing up the rear was Dr Detroit pushing his portable toilet of recycled beer. As outrageous as we may have seemed, however, our competition for zaniness were the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Drool Team, the Styrofoamasaurus, the Citizens for the right to Bare Arms, the ever popular Synchronized Briefcase Drill team. Many On Ons were held after the parade. We went to our favorite place the Burger Continental, were many Down-Downs were administered.There was a large picture of us in the local Long Beach newspapers, we were interviewed by several local TV stations. This run took Best Trail of the Year in 1985.
OFF and Pig Iron were the hares on this run that started in the school parking lot at the end of Canyon in Costa Mesa. There was a steep hill at the start. Most of the run was through a Jurassic looking jungle. There were lakes and lots of off road trails. The very first check, just outside the parking lot was a killer. The ON ON was held at Zubie's great place for good cheap food and beer. This ON ON was named BEST ON ON of the year for 1993.
The Curse of Jock----Picture this - Barney's Beach Shack located on Seal Beach Naval Weapons Base (no cops), a bright warm sunny Southern Calif summer day, the golden glow of an exclusive private sand beach lapped by the azure waters of the Pacific. What better place to be relaxing in your beach chair, listening to the sizzling of the hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill and smelling the wonderful aroma of BBQ in the air. BUT was it like that? NO.................. It was a miserable, freezing, icy cold day complete with torrents of water pouring from the sky blown at a 45 degree angle by a 20 knot wind. What a day for a BBQ! All the hashers were soaked to the skin, freezing and utterly miserable. The food was good! To try to warm us from the inside were pitchers of Mrs Julie Jocks Vodka soaked fruits. Dispite the weather, the hashers cuddled-up and got more friendly than usual. Next thing we knew - there were 5 weddings in the next couple of months.
On the 45th anniversary of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, hares Phuckeye and Zapata started run #98 in San Pedro Ports of Call, which they claimed was the closest part of the mainland U.S. to Japan. The well marked trail led into the bowels of San Pedro to the first Kamikaze check. Here we encountered two lost Kamikazes in full Japanese Imperial Navy Uniforms who did not know that the war was over. They were doling out Kamikazes to the "troops" while shouting "Banzai!" The trail led us into a park, down a muddy ravine to the 2nd Kamikaze check. After lots of drinks and a farewell "Banzai," we continued down a stream through more shiggy. (Mother Natures previous day's rain really helped this trail.) The ON ON was held at Utros, a typically sleazy hasher bar. An International incident was narrowly averted when our Kamikazes in their Japanese battle uniforms walked through the bar where some real U.S. Navy men in their uniforms were remembering Pearl Harbor over some beers. After a quick explanation, the truce was signed and the partying began. This run won BEST RUN OF 1986!
2005 marks the first time in LBH3 history that the Hash was held on Christmas day. There have been two other occasions the 25th fell on a hash Sunday. In 1988 the board headed by GM's Async and Alouette decided the hash would be changed to Dec 26th.
Hares JOCK and FRUIT OF THE LOOM set a trail in Rossmoor. 68 people showed up. We followed flour thru the shopping center and into the suburban housing tract. After a long stretch through the houses, the trail entered the first of many drainage/sewer ditches. We passed underneath the 405 thru another long ditch and entered The Monkey Forest. We found out later that JOCK spent several days chopping a path through the thick brush. Next, a sign informed us that we were about to traverse The Amazon (a long muddy ditch between a freeway off-ramp and a housing tract). After another couple of short tunnels, we entered The Tunnel of Killer Sewer Rats. It was a low, long, slimy tunnel underneath the 605. We sunk up to our knees in toxic sewer water. Ah, the joys of hashing!
The second occasion the 25th fell on a hash Sunday was in 1994. The board headed by GM's OFF and Mr Rats Ass also changed the hashing day. They not only changed the hash day to the 26th but also the start time was at 7:00PM. Attendance was 57. Hares Nut N Honey, RTD and Stickbite ran us through the "China Town" of Torrance. We had a lot of Black and White presence.
Hung Like a Bug, Joe Isuzu, On What and TEN (virgin hare)were the hares on this trail. The run start was at Palos Verdes city hall parking lot. There was a heavy rain storm that morning. We had major shiggy on the run. The Hares took us up just about all the hills in PV. We had horse shit, poison oak, water crossings, and a tunnel. For some class, Bug and Joe hiked a keg of Sierra Nevada 2 miles up the hill for one of the beer checks. But the piece de resistance was the French Champagne check (this was REAL good Champagne---not the cheap shit). The hares even allowed the pack to keep their special flute glasses. The trail was nominated for Best trail of 2003! Oh, by the way---Just say No to Crack received the coveted hashit for getting reunited with his right hand. (I wonder who has received the hashit more---Sin D or Crack).
This trail was set by Liposuckthis, No Douchee No Nookee and PMS. It was in Rowland Heights. The run started uphill (did I tell you PMS LIKES hills)? It was a ball buster climb! There were lots of horse trails & drainage ditches. The run took us through Schabarum and Park Puente Hills Mall. We even had a 1/2 mile tunnel-----EVERYTHING a hasher would dream of. Two of the new Boots were Kim Giminez (Finger) and Beth Epstein (Little Dutch Boy). Vaughn Estrick was christened "Cums in a Tube." This was given the award of Best Trail of the Year for 1996!