After a long leave, I seems slept late, reading, watching TV for the whole week without any exercise. It is time for me to do some. Joining SH4 run is always the best choice on Sunday. ON! ON!
A group of hashers joint Temerloh H4 celebration yesterday. Many of them still able to rush back to support our run. Big hands to them! ON ON!
Quite a big group of first time guests (FTG) joint today. They are mainly GuoWong and 619 friends. As usual, we had a short introduction from them and we also briefed them some simple hash rules. It will be a happy run!
Run started sharp at 5pm. The journey was smooth and easy at the beginning. Most FTG had easily conquered the 1st hill. Many members joint sweepers to take care of them. SAFETY is #1 in SH4.
We saw Happy H5 hash papers at halfway in the jungle. Our track was crossing their track. Again, no confusion or problem occurred as of HIGH HASHING spirit. Unfortunately, I didn't meet their runners. However, I was able to hear them somewhere in the jungle.
After a few "warm-up" climbs, we reached the real run after "Ah Pa Hill". I gave some warnings to new runners. Those who were struggling was advised to return/ reverse back at this point. Some runners with high fighting spirit, we allowed them to complete the journey since we had a big group of sweepers today.
Midway of this challenging climb, a few runners started showing "difficulty". A pink lady was struggling to "thrown-out". I asked her to use her finger to help to vomit, but she was not dare as her finger was "dirty". Ha! Ha! FLZ will tell me the same. Luckily, she managed to complete the journey under such difficult condition.
Uncle 6 was diarrhea for a few days after their Jelutong trip. He was struggling during the run. I heard someone asking Uncle 6 to rest just above me. I approached to check his condition. I saw him slanting on a tree at a slope. It was a bit dangerous as his back was not facing the hill. I moved quicker trying to support him. But, just in a flash, I saw him collapsed and sliding down. Luckily, a few branches had managed to stop his sliding. I managed to grab him and gave him the first aid immediately.
His condition didn't look good. He was unconscious after that fall. I was a bit panic as he seems very weak. He was struggled to open his eyes and his mouth was closed very tight. He may lost his breathe if he lost his conscious longer. I saw Chicken Little was very worry, but she was very calm.
Uncle 6 had a strong fighting spirit. He tried very hard to open his eyes to keep himself awake. It helped me a lot to in the rescue. A few sweepers did helped to massage him and fanned for fresh air. All these actions helped in this rescue. When Uncle 6 thrown out his first air, I felt relieved. It took him quite a long time to wake-up. Then, someone shouted, "Another runner is fainted."
OMG! I quickly rush for another rescue and HaiLongWong stayed to take care of Uncle 6. It was DINO who was fainted while rest on a tree. He was lucky as a new runner managed to hold him from collapsing. I managed to support him to remain standing and supported by a tree. It was easier to rescue under this condition and also he was still conscious. After a few massages, he managed to thrown out the air. (I recalled LauTan told me, this air is normally very smelly. I managed to avoid facing him.) A few sweepers joint and provided some helps too. We were lucky this time as many of us were around to help them.
After the incident, I checked with them for lesson learnt. A hard press at area under the nose and above the lips (人中) is a KEY to wake them up. Both Uncle 6 and Dino shared the same.
DINO also shared that he was fainted after seeing uncle 6 collapsed. Without any symptom, he felt a shock than collapsed. I recalled similar experience at Sg. Long. While I was rescuing a young lady, her sister also collapsed after seeing her sister fainted. (Just a sharing: If you are not feeling well, try to avoid looking at a rescue.)
We took the time for both them to have rest, water and sweet. Not long, 619 approached and shared that the front runners just at somewhere near us. We decided to make a short-cut as both runners were weak. It was a right decision and we managed to reach the run site before dark. (Those who completed the run shared that it had another 3 hills to climb.)
At about 7.30pm, all returned safely. Congratulation to a few new runners who were managed to complete the run. ON ON!
I have a mix feeling on the successful rescue of our 2 friends. In the deep of my heart, we were very lucky so far. I am very worry that what if I failed ONCE? I was not dare to think any deeper.......
I do really hope that all runners to stop running or reverse if he/ she is not feeling well. Try next time as we run every Sunday. Please STOP AND REST if you need REST. Run with a group if you are not feeling well. Please run SAFELY! ON! ON!
Whatever is it, with these lesson learnt, let's continue our HASHING. See you on next run. ON! ON!
***SaiTan***
