Madison Hash House Harriers

August 10-12, 2007

HASH HISTORY - HASH RUN #1564 - The Annual Paavorgasmic Weekend

A significant number of Madison hashers gathered in downtown Hurley Friday afternoon and evening FOR THE START OF Paavo 2007. After checking in at race headquarters and settling the relay teams, most headed to Taconelli's Restaurant in Ironwood for the prerace dinner. Some finished dinner in time to make the Paavo torch lighting ceremony in downtown Hurley. Others made it later to "light their own torches" for the traditional PrePaavo Pub Crawl. As usual, the crawl wisely began at the upper end of Silver Street and proceded downhill through every low bar, dive and honky-tonk in the city. Early in the event, some of the runners who expected to get up before noon sneaked away. Fortunately they were replaced by others who showed up in town a little late. The last to join the crowd was MOREMEN and her gang Just Kevin and Just Teresa. The highlight of the evening (strip joints) was a reappearance of the athletic stripper who did such magic on the pole that she didn't need to take her clothes off. Otherwise the strip joints were rather dull this year, leaving hashers to run frantically from bar to bar, or in the case of the visiting Y TOOTH, to doze off sitting in the bouncers chair. After a thorough inspection of each strip joint, the crawlers trickled away and the night ended at a reasonable time around 2:00 AMish. The next morning, over 30 hashers prepared to engage the Paavo race course along with hasher spectators. The finish chute was back on Silver Street after road construction last year. The weather was overcast with a little rain but all seemed to go well on the race course. Only a few headed to Ricci Park for the post race awards picnic. Others were off to Three Lakes for the Paavorgasmic Saturday afternoon and evening at the COL's and ICUF's lakefront cabin. The weather was a bit blustery with intermittent rain but this didn't stop the hash from lounging on the shores of Round Lake and the hashers made the best of it by puttering with their tents and paddling their kayaks. After many arrivals, much setting up of tents and a large gathering of kayaks, the beer began to flow and dinner preparations were underway. The weather cleared up and it was a beautiful evening when ICUF once again served the fantastic fish boil dinner with assistance from SLOW HAND. Ceremonies were conducted after dinner and highlighted the visitors from Atlanta, GOATIE, PUMPT'KIN, SUPERSUCK, JUSLICKSDICKS AND PUSH OVER, the vistors from Virginia, BUSH WHACKER and BLOW PHISH, with Y TOOTH visiting from the Navy, and NUTCRACKER visiting from Texass. There were also a huge number of "Paavo Virgins" to celebrate along with a few awards for some of the relay teams. Later, another round of Campfire Confessions was conducted. This involves everyone getting up to say something to entertain the proverbial "peanut gallery" of drunken hashers. As most were huddled around the campfire, there were some naked dashes between the sauna and a dip in the lake, and eventually another "annual naked run to assault the neighbors" by about eight hashers. This night also ended at a reasonable time around 2:00 AMish. Sunday morning started with lots of coffee and a great breakfast including bagels with Alaskan salmon cream cheese spread and several exotic cheeses. Then it was time for the Running Bare Triathalon. Most of the group headed off on the three mile run to the point just across the lake from the cabin. A handful of hashers swam back while others got a tow from several naked kayakers (another tradition is born) while the COL and ICUF patrolled in their power boat. After much picking up, everyone left to return home. THANKS AGAIN TO ICUF AND THE COL FOR A GREAT PAAVORGASM!!!!!