3.32 Scuba Deuce

Episode Summary

Scuba Deuce needed three introductions before hashing finally took hold. His first trail was with Sigonella H3 in Sicily around 2012, followed by another encounter in Hawaii. It was only after moving to an isolated part of southern Maryland that he began hashing every week and realized he had found his people. A lifelong competitive runner and Navy officer, he welcomed the combination of unusual terrain, social running and an international community available almost anywhere military travel took him.

After being told he could not be named until he laid a trail, Scuba Deuce quickly became a hare, event volunteer and RA with Smutty Crab and later Aloha H3. His name emerged from an unfortunate interaction between a dry suit and a questionable curry. He recounts COVID-era dead trails and Zoom circles in Hawaii, extensive travel hashing and organizing a Maryland campout that lost its venue only days before it began. Its success led to an even larger undertaking: hosting USA Nash Hash 2024 in St. Mary’s County, Maryland.