For the philosophy of trail section: A 12 step program.

Step 1: Think like an FRB. (If you don't know how an FRB thinks,

try being one at a hash at least once.)

Step 2: Think like a walker.(If you don't know how a walker

thinks, try being one at a hash at least once.)

Step 3: Think like a boozer. (If you don't know how a boozer

thinks, try being one at a hash at least once.)

Step 4: Think like someone with a dog. (If you don't know how

someone with a dog thinks, try being one at a hash at least once.)

Step 5: Think like someone with a stroller. (If you don't know how

someone with a stroller thinks, you're probably doing the world a favor.)

Step 6: Think like someone who's never solved a check before. (If you don't know

how someone who avoids solving checks, try being one at a hash at least once.)

Step 7: Think like someone who got lost on trail. (If you've never been lost, get

lost.)

Step 8: Think like someone who's DFL. (If you've never been DFL, try drinking

more, running less (or a lot more if you get stuck longcutting), and missing half

of religion at a hash at least once.)

Step 9: Think like virgin. (If you've never been a virgin, something is seriously

wrong.)

Step 10: Think like someone who shortcuts trails all the time. (If you've never

tried shortcutting, try it at a hash at least once.)

Step 11: Don't think like a Hare. The hounds following you are not hares.

Step 12: Use twice as many marks as you think you'll need. (What

happens when you multiply 1/2 a brain * 1/2 a brain * 1/2 a brain and so on for

each member of the pack? Yeah, explains some things doesn't it...) (NB: A 57

hound pack has only 0.0000000000069% of a brain...)

If you follow these 12 steps and apply what you learn, not only do your trails

stand a good chance of not sucking poop through a straw, but you'll also

experience many more of the joys of hashing.

On-on,

I Blow