Lindsey Hurd
Pub crawl. Just the name elicits a feeling that the night may not end well for its participants. Still, the annual event draws crowds of college students each time it’s held.
Former SDSU student Chelsie Johnson made the road trip from Fargo just for pub crawl. “The best part of pub crawl is getting to hang out with old friends,” she said.
Beginning at noon, teams moved from their home bar to participating bars at set times during the day. The crawl officially ended at 5, but many teams stuck around until there were far fewer green t-shirts among the crowd. After all, drinking for 12 hours does take its toll on a person.
Senior Eric Hultgren and junior Katie Brannum were two of a small group who survived the fray until 11 p.m., but not without injury. Although Brannum had visible wounds from being hit in the face with a beer bottle, she had no plans of going home early.
“I’ll stay until I make it,” Brannum said.
At night’s end, the bar scene looked much like it does any other night, save a few costumed leprechauns. There were no less than 49 discarded paper plates on the ground in front of George’s Pizza. The floors of the 9 Bar and Nightclub had enough spilled drinks on it to rival the rain-soaked streets. Main Street Pub ran out of green beer, the 9 Bar and Nightclub ran out of hand soap, the Lantern Lounge ran out of tap beer and bartenders ran out of patience.
“I caught a guy puking on the floor, but he denied it,” said Stefan Limmer, a bartender at the Safari Lounge. Limmer had been working for 10 hours at the time of the interview. He said Pub Crawl is the busiest day he’s worked so far.
Amber Dell, a waitress at Skinner’s, spent pub crawl on the other side of the bar. Shortly after she sprinkled white powder on a small pile of vomit near the bar’s exit, she had some simple advice for what bar patrons could do to make her night a little easier.
“Don’t puke in the hallways, be patient, and move out of the way,” Dell said.
#1.883565:1802480072.jpg:pubcrawl3.bd.jpg:Pub crawl participants pack the bars downtown March 24.:Brandon DeVries
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