How did it all Start?

Sometime in mid to late 2001, it is fabled that after far too many Qingdao Beers and Margaritas at the famed Mexican Wave, Rick “Ratchucker” Head of the Beijing Hash suggested to develop their upcoming 1000th run to be a first Nash hash to encourage participation from others in the mainland and indeed the wider china borders. Being the other 2 most active hash chapters, an email was quickly dispatched to Doug “White Trash” Barrett in Shanghai and John “Roomboy” Malins in Chengdu. Each in turn contacted other chapters to spread the word. Shanghai was a logical choice for the second nash hash being China's other largest conurbation with an expanding expat base, active business community, easy to get to and a thriving hash itself. With the departure of Ratchucker the democratic process of selecting the subsequent venue was left with Roomboy and White Trash. Far from being a secret ballot or the like, the author regrets to advise you that it was usually a purely arbitrary decision based on logistics, fairness, geographic spread, resources available locally, appeal of the destination, accessibility, and commitment to success from the host chapter. So far, as is traditional in hashing, no failures. Focus was only on the mainland as Hong Kong and Taiwan were always considered big enough, experienced and more mature to host their own area hashes.

The whole affair also spawned the inception of this website www.hashchina.com to try to provide definitive info for interested parties and was a base for the info for inclusion for each world interhash directory from Goa onwards until Perth and beyond.

Below follows a record, as best known to the author from records kept so far:

The First Nash Hash, which was combined with the BH3 1000th was held in Beijing, May 18th and 19th 2002. The former May 18th being the BH3 100th, and the latter, May 19th being the 1st Nash Hash. These were preceded by runs 999-999G from 24 March until that fateful May weekend, to secure a day with potentially good weather and the Nash Hash was co-numbered the BH3 run #1009 to put the hareline back in order. The Hash Hash itself was held in Fragrant Hills, hared by Rugburn, Ratchucker, Prickly Nipples and Quick Draw. The 4 BH3 1000th runs were the Great Wall hared by Wrong Way, Artsy Fartsy and Chris Fry, the Ming Tombs hared by the Rat, Old Summer Palace hared by Rear Entry and Masturbaker, and Houhai Lake hared by Chubby, OP and Don.

The second Nash Hash (Called Pan China) was hosted by Shanghai in August 29-31, 2003. The Saturday runs were: #1 Dong Shan, hared by Boring English Cunt and Domestic Violence, #2, Wu Jing, hared by Wee Wullie and Spiderman. #3 Qing Pu, hares Terminal Bottom Ailment and Pavarotten, #4, She Shan, hares Body Shot and Raunchy Reverberation. The Sunday runs were #5, Gao Qiao Pu Dong, hared by No Balls, Ball & Chain and YMCA, but was cancelled due to a too early start, hangovers and fierce competitor from run #6, the bund, hared by Octopussy and Empty Vessel, and run  #7, in the French Concession hared by Two Dogs Fucking and Mayo Pijou from the host venue Memories. The Saturday night included a boat trip down the Huang Pu river to view the Bund.

The third was Chengdu, May 1st & 2nd 2004. Four runs on the Saturday being Long Chuen Yi hared by Biggus Dickus and Pissing Down, Huang Long Xi Ancient Town hared by Wasabe, Pengshan the sex museum and the giant carved stone Buddha hared by Dr Sleeze and Bai Ta Hu Lake, hared by Octopussy assisted by TBA. Sunday featured one mega hash at the Panda base hared by Singapore Kernel and Pixie.

The fourth was held in Sanya, Hainan Island in April 2005 organised by Ma Hai. The weather was hot and because of the number of attendees the circles apparently rang out of beer.

The fifth, organized by Keith Noyes on behalf of the peripatetic Free China Hash in 2006, was held in Guilin and featured live hare A-B runs. The arrival run was through the city, then an early morning bus ride to Yangshuo for runs of differing lengths that ran along river banks, through paddy fields, irrigation canals, farmlands and bush and the circles were all held on river banks with swimming (voluntary and sometime involuntary).

The sixth in 2007 was held in Haikou, again under the auspices of Ha Hai, with down downs right on the beach front with lots of sitting on ice!