Leman-Geneva HashHouse Harriers March 13, 1999

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From:    DryDreamer < Marko.Spegel@cern.ch >
Date:    Wed 17 Mar 1999 07:51:45 
Subject: Sat 13/3/99 trash 

LGH3 run 283, Gourmet Nordic Ski Hash at St.Cergue
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Hare: Kaptain Kardiak
When: Saturday 13 March 1999

Stayed over Friday night in KK's studio in St.Cergue, waking to a fine 
snowy view with a picturesque church thoughtfully placed in the 
foreground. Hired skis, poles & boots for the day for 20CHF, then 
breakfast with KK on croissants & coffee.  
Warm-up lap round the "Boucle du village" (6Km) returning knackered to 
top up on soup and bread before the hash.  Glorious sunny day so we 
warmed up in more ways than one.

Hash proper started with the 1311 train up to La Givrine., where we 
buried the beer in deep snow and went for a leisurely 2-hour ski in 
bright sunshine and cool soft spring air.  A beautiful day with plenty 
of snow, a forgivingly soft piste and people skiing and tobogganing 
everywhere you looked.

Back to a well-earned down-down (nobody else having found our stash) 
then back on the train to "high tea" with bread, cold meat, tea, 
coffee and "coupe Islay" - icecream with Laphroag whisky.  A relaxing 
interlude followed with hot baths and time to read a book or two, then 
on to the on-on: Raclette with trimmings accompanied by Gros Plant,  
then fruit salad with Kolonel Kardiak sauce (vodka, icecream, fruit 
juice cunningly combined).

Scribe 2:
Men- they never remember the important things.  Who was there - KK, 
DT, JA, IL - a select group.  KK has the most alarming ski boots - a 
jaunty combination of lilac, yellow and lime green in fluorescent 
shades - and very futuristic glasses.  DT htried to make it even more 
of a workout by carrying a rucksack full of bricks.  IL & JA were 
cross-country virgins and managed OK with only the minimum of downhill 
pile-ups.  KK provided aromatherapy bath oil and what with the 
generally relaxing ambience provided by St.Cergue and the snow and the 
sunshine we were all nearly asleep by 6.

Scribe 3:
Imagine an East European wooden puppet on strings, and the technique 
of making it walk.  There you have IL for her first couple of Km on 
creoss-country skis. Then a gradual softening in the movement and a 
considerable increase in speed.  In fact the difference in speed 
between KK and IL went from 60% in the first Km  down to 33% in the 
middle of the run, before rising again as the effect of fatigue and 
medical jabs took their toll, and both IL and JA went A over T. This 
last impressive pile-up was supervised from a safe distance by DT 
while KK sunbathed on a grassy patch a bit further on.

Scribe 4:
The hare ruled the day. Acting as a true hasher devoted to the welfare 
of the fellow-hasher he insisted that IL would be lonely if she did 
not join in the ski-hash and promptly produced Christine's boots and 
skis.  As RA, he ordered perfect weather and made spiritual 
concoctions for his brood.  His trail, an almost perfectly traced two 
lanes just wide enough for two cross-country skis, went on and on and 
on for 4-5 Kilometres without a check-back.  Finally as biermaster he 
arranged four strategically-placed stops with refreshments on tap.  
Here's to the hare - he's true blue! 


From:    DryDreamer < Marko.Spegel@cern.ch >
Date:    Wed., 3 Mar 1999 09:11:47 
Subject: LGH3 Hash Flash Mar99 

Saturday 13 Mar, St. Cergue (CH) Run 283 Cross country skiing  
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Hare:  Roy "Kaptain Kardiac" Damary   
Meet:  At noon in front of Residence de la Dole.
On-on: Hares studio at Residence de la Dole, Route Arzier, St.Cergue   
       Studio 20 (near top of stairs on first floor) tel 022-360 16 38

Directions:
  From Geneva take autoroute direction Lausanne. Exit at Nyon, turn L  
  and follow the directions for St.Cergue. Public transport is train  
  from Nyon. The train to St.Cergue awaits the connection. It is in the  
  street just outside Nyon Station main entrance. Route Arzier is the  
  main road in St.Cergue which runs past the post office.  
  Residence de la Dole is about 200m from the St.Cergue railway station.  
  It is the only four-story block of flats nearby and has black balcony  
  barriers. Cars may be parked at Residence de la Dole, or if all places  
  are taken, in front of the post office.

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