Run 1722 (Sunday 28th November 2010)
Hare: Black Mamba
Photographer: Mad Dog
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H E T R A I L -
The starting point
& circle (P): 38° 5'5.16"N, 23°50'21.31"E
Altitude: 454 metres above sea level
Trail cartographic Length = 7.4 km
The trail from 2.8 km up
Altitude profile of trail
(Altitude range was 890m - 420m = 470 metres)
The trail from 6.00 km up
- T H E R U N -
Hashers congregate before the run - but aren't two harriettes missing?
Ah! There they are - Bouboulina and sister Annie appear.
Off go the walkers - with Black Mamba following up at the rear
The trail leads past a disused marble crushing plant.
Marble is the raw material available on this (Pendeli) mountain.
It can be crushed for chips (for use in road surfacing or concrete) or dust (for plastering walls).
One of four loading bays for trucks.
(Note chutes for dumping the material into the rear a truck)
The runners are away!
Down a steep ramp
The hare Black Mamba poses at the top of the ramp
Here comes Rim Job
What goes down must go up again...
Chance for a view as the runners gain altitude
Panoramic view >>>> The disused plant can be seen on the far right >>>>>>>>
Going down!
Oh! Oh! A false trail.
Fair Cop prepares himself for take-off -
while discussing last-minute technical details with his co-pilot Rim Job :-)
On the road again.
This bit could do with re-surfacing
Panoramic view >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Black Mamba poses at one of his checks
Going up again
This looks like a challenge...
That's one hell of a steep path!
It never seems to end & nor does the leg pain.
Thankfully we reach the rough road - something finally flat.
Black Mamba is almost there.
The start & end of this slope is indicated by the red dots on the satellite image
Google-Earth measured slope is 228 m base, (685 - 602 = 83 m) vertical
Gives an average slope of (Arctan 83/228) = 20 degrees
It looked and felt a lot steeper than this.
After a short breather the runners set off again.
Fair Cop takes over the camera for a shot of Mad Dog
Heading down again towards an area of burnt-out forest
The trick is to avoid getting spiked by the dead branches
Panoramic view showning the extent of the area of burnt-out trees >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Fair Cop & Rim Job - and the On-In marked in blue flour on the road
Panoramic view showing the path that the walkers took >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Almost there - where a welcome beer is waiting on ice.
- T H E C I R C L E -
Time to relax, have a beer and chat before the circle
Rime job reaches for a beer with STYLE
Thirsty Black Mamba sips his Amstel as he waits for the hare's down-down.
Just a quick check to see if there are any bugs floating in it :-)
The Dynamic Duo - Bouboulina & sister Annie
Mountain Goat dances & Kum Kwik and Clitoria join in.
Rim Job
There's no way Clitoria can keep quiet for long
She tells the Circle about Doggie Style's confrontation with a motor cyclist on the trail
Doggie Style gets a down-down
Get it down-down-down
Rear Entry
RA Fair Cop enjoys the proceedings
Appropriate gestures from the hashers
- T H E T A V E R N A -
Only FC & WD > Loutsa
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