Looking to get started haring? Here's a guide and some tips for you:
Virgin Lays
If you have never ever hared a trail before, your first trail will be your virgin lay. You must have a co-hare! If no one has offered, ask around. Your co-hare should take care of most of the following and teach you how to do all of this
Wednesday vs Unwednesday
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Wednesdays: Regular Burlington H3 trails happen every Wednesday at 6:30pm from April to October. These trails get posted to the schedule ahead of time and you can use the form on the hareline to sign up for an open date. The BTVH3 hareraiser is the one in charge of these trails
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Unwednesday: Any non-Wednesday, non-BTVH3 trails. You can pick whatever date/time you want. We'll post it to our hareline and you can use BTVH3 supplies (provided $6.90 hash cash is paid to our account). The only catch is, you have to list it under a different kennel name. Contact the Unwednesday hareraiser to set it up. He'll work with you to make sure your trail is feasible and help get it on the calendar
Get a date
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Check out the hareline to find an unclaimed BTVH3 Wednesday trail or work with the hareraiser to plan an Unwednesday trail
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Think about a location and a co-hare
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Let the Wednesday hareraiser know which trail you want by filling out this form
What to tell the Hareraiser & Hash Trash
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While you don't need to know all the exact details of your trail, the sooner you get us the details, the sooner it can get added to the calendar. The hareraiser will ask you about the nitty gritty, essential details listed below. Hash trash will help you write any fun titles, themes, and description for the trail.
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Know the following at the latest by Monday before your trail:
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Length of trail (time and distance both)
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Is trail a loop or an A-to-B
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Headlamp requirements
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Dog-friendly
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On-after location (which preferably has food)
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Any special considerations/requests
Scout Trail
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Plan a couple weeks out
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Check out the parking situation around the time that trail will be starting
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If starting or ending at a venue, it's always nice to inform the bartenders that we will be there
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Know your beer stops and how you'll get the beer there. You can drag a cooler/backpack or have a car pulled up
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Get an idea before trail and again at start how much beer/cider/water you'll need for the pack
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Run the actual trail
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You'll find new obstacles (locked gates, barbed wire, nosy neighbors)
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Decide if you want to live lay, dead lay, or a mix of both
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Recommended 2-5 miles for True Trail
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Provide Turkey/Eagle splits for any crazy obstacles, vert, or extra length
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Aim to have circle begin no later than 8:30pm
Supplies
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Get the coolers from the previous week's hare or arrange to pickup from Hole's hole
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Drain the coolers, remove any ice, and leave the lid open to let it dry out (hashers don't enjoy the taste of mildew in their beer)
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Double check the inventory to make sure it's fully stocked with
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Beer
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Cider
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Seltzer
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Water
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Non-alcoholic
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Flour/chalk
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Orange Food
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Shot checks are optional and paid for by the hares
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Grab ice the day of
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Make sure you have a trash bag available for empties at each stop (including start and end), otherwise the pack will use your car as a garbage can and it will smell like stale beer for the rest of the season
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If you purchase anything for trail, save you receipts. Contact Cummy Bear for reimbursement
Day Of To Do
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Arrive a little early! Wednesday trails arrive at 6:15pm and then hares away by 6:30pm
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Leave the marks you'll use on the ground at the start for chalk talk
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Make sure the hareraiser knows about anything special for your trail, marks or otherwise
While Laying
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Use chalk on sidewalks and roads. In the shig, opt for flour, sawdust, or toilet paper
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If it's dark, use longer marks and only white/yellow chalk so it's more visible
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Try to avoid using cock/tit marks at schools and parks
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Checks should be used to keep the pack together. Wait at each beer stop for the pack to assess if you need to lay more or less