2009-11-28 35 -84

Imagine this but at night and chasing you.

Brett and I were chased out by a horse!

Location

The coordinates for this day were near a stream running by a field.

Participants

Rebecca Cole Brett Coleman Bo Daugherty Jordan Kilbey Nate Starkey

Expedition

(Bo's POV)My first hash was the day before, and since I had so much fun, I thought I would give it another go. Maybe get my self a Midnight Geohash, you know. Well, after asking a few local hashers to join, we had decided to meet at Nate's house before we headed off toward the hash.

Thus, the Expédition:

• We all headed toward Lenoir City around 23:00 ET. We used a Garmin just so we could hear the pretty British lady's voice. When we arrived at our destination (took about 15 minutes), we noticed that there was a horse standing almost exactly where we needed to be. Since we were trying to obtain the Midnight Geohash, Brett and I decided to go together and just make sure the hash was doable. We slipped through a gate and walked to the corner were the horse was (let me remind you that it was very dark). On approaching the beast, Brett flashed his light at an object near the black horse. It was another horse lying on the ground. I turned to Brett and said, "Don't worry. If the horse charges, lie on the ground. They don't trample people." What I didn't tell him was I learned that from the movie Gandhi. He asked me if I were sure, and I placed my hand on him with a smile on my face saying, "Trust me."

Boy, he shouldn't have trusted me...

Once at the corner, I realized I needed to walk up the bordering creek a little bit to get to the hash. I had Brett stay behind, proving later to be convenient. I walked over to the hash and made it, but as I was turning around to tell Brett I had found the hashing point, I saw the black horse chase Brett to the fence. OMG!The horse was protecting the other horse! The other horse is a mare! Why hadn't I thought about this before!!!