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Category: Season 4

  • 4.05 Blind Doug Part 2

    4.05 Blind Doug Part 2

    Episode Summary

    Blind Doug explains the theatrical origin of his name: during Jakarta Hash’s “Pleasure Island” thrash, he played a lookout wearing two eye patches and emerged as Blind Doug. From there, the conversation widens into the social institutions surrounding Jakarta hashing, including expatriate clubs, national celebrations, songs, and the distinctive event culture of Indonesia.

    He shares stories from AIR, the 2016 Jakarta Interhash, regional gatherings, family travel, and hashes across Africa, Europe, and Asia. Candid anecdotes about police, powder scares, inappropriate names, event organization, and recurring international characters make this a lively portrait of how a local hash identity can grow into decades of worldwide friendships.

    1991, Jakarta Edinburgh (GM), TNT (GM), R.A.

  • 4.04 Blind Doug Part 1

    4.04 Blind Doug Part 1

    Episode Summary

    Blind Doug first heard about hashing in Aberdeen through JC, but his first actual trail came with the Jakarta Harriettes in 1991. He describes arriving in one of the world’s great hashing cities, where multiple clubs, printed directions, yearbooks, large packs, and a highly social expatriate scene made hashing part of everyday life.

    The episode follows his move from newcomer to committed traveler and hare, including memorable terrain, local logistics, and the friendships that connected Jakarta to later hashes and events. He also reflects on ball-breaker trails, European weekends, New Zealand and Australian Nash Hashes, and the freedom that came when work finally allowed him to pursue far more of the hash calendar.

    1991, Jakarta Edinburgh (GM), TNT (GM), R.A.

  • 4.03 Danny Dutch

    4.03 Danny Dutch

    Episode Summary

    Danny Dutch offers a rare childhood view of Jakarta hashing in the 1980s. As the son of a Foreign Service family, he joined his father and brother on trails during school holidays, remembering three-legged routes, tropical terrain, beer-soaked expatriate gatherings, yearbooks, and a community large enough to host an Interhash.

    He also recalls how quickly Indonesia’s landscape could change, including a trail area erased by deforestation. Although he did not become a lifelong weekly hasher, his memories preserve the atmosphere, people, and customs of a celebrated period in Jakarta’s history—and show how hashing looked to a young participant growing up inside an international diplomatic community.

    1986, summer Jakarta Harriettes

  • 4.02 Big Mac Part 2

    4.02 Big Mac Part 2

    Episode Summary

    Part two resumes Big Mac’s international story with the practical realities of hashing overseas: encounters with authorities, finding beer and sponsors, organizing events, and keeping small expatriate clubs alive. He reflects on later postings, regional gatherings, and the web of hash contacts that made each new country feel familiar.

    After retiring in 2003 to the hills near Málaga, he joined Mijas Hash—only to be drawn back into overseas work because of his experience in India and Bangladesh. The conversation follows his continuing travels, Iberian and Irish Nash Hashes, friendships across Britain and Europe, and the pleasures of remaining useful to the hash long after a formal career ends.

    1976, Surrey, Aberdeen, TheHague, Dhaka, Dubai, Santiago, Mijas, …

  • 4.01 Big Mac Part 1

    4.01 Big Mac Part 1

    Episode Summary

    Big Mac traces his hashing life back to Surrey Hash in 1976, when a Shell posting brought him to London and the club was approaching its hundredth run. He recalls an era before hash names became standard, with paper directions, traditional running packs, and a close-knit expatriate and business community shaping the early UK scene.

    His career then carried him through a succession of countries and clubs, including assignments in Latin America and Africa. Along the way he describes helping hashes survive, organizing social weekends, adapting traditions to local conditions, and building friendships that endured across postings—an expansive first chapter in nearly five decades of hashing.

    1976, Surrey, Aberdeen, TheHague, Dhaka, Dubai, Santiago, Mijas, …