Ladies & 'Gentlemen' of the Guangzhou Hash,

A young hasher-to-be once stood admiring himself up and down in the mirror of his mother's boudoir. High heels, pearl necklace, a faint smear of rouge on his lips, he finished adjusting his mother's crimson cocktail dress while 'Walk on the Wild Side' by Lou Reed spun on the turntable. His first steps wobbly, the stylus scratching the well-worn grooves, his mind wanders and wonders to possibilities beyond ball games and math class.

As he begins to sway to a ballad by Bowie, a wry smile comes to his face and he imagines a future of self-fulfillment, ascending a stairway in satin gloves away from the small-minded suburbs that could not understand nor contain him. He sees the flashes, hears the roars of applause, he sees his destiny - one glorious evening, somewhere deep in the jungles of southern China, he would finally achieve his ultimate form - Best in Red at the Guangzhou Hash Red Dress Run.

On On! 🍻