I wish you all well in reviving the Hash. I left Almaty at the end of 2001, and have been involved with hashes in Montenegro, Albania, India, Armenia and Bulgaria since then. But I still regard the original Tien Shan Hash as the golden age of my hashing life. Such a collection of dissolutes--albeit bright and creative dissolutes. Lots of activities. The most disgusting of Hash names--MMF (Married Mother Fucker), Sheep Fucker, Deep Goat, Spermbank, Cums Alone, etc. I returned briefly to Almaty a couple times after that, but the last time I went to the Hash I was the only person who showed up. So I just had to get pissed by myself. I'll check the status of the revival if I ever get back. If any of the old guard come across this message and want to commiserate/gloat, I can be reached at richard.webb@gmail.com.

RINKELDIK