What else am I going to do? Well, actually, I did play darts yesterday against the overall best player in Barretto, Cristy. I wasn’t particularly “on” my game, but I wasn’t throwing all that bad either. My biggest problem remains fall outs. For some reason, or likely a combination of reasons, my darts have a tendency to not stick in the board. It’s really frustrating to have a good throw negated when one (or more) darts fall out. I know that part of the problem is the way I throw; a soft, arcing toss, without a lot of force behind it. When I try and throw harder, I lose control and accuracy, and I don’t have much of that to spare. I replaced the points on my darts recently but that doesn’t seem to have helped much.
Anyway, I was surprised to come out of the 501 portion of our match ahead 3-2. I dominated cricket, which is the game I’m best at, but I was lucky to get 4 of 5 legs from a quality player like Cristy. She came back to take the 301 set, but by then I had secured the match overall, finishing with a 10-6 victory.
I’ll play the tournament tonight in preparation for my match against Billy tomorrow. Maybe I’ll figure out a way to stick those pointy bastards in the board so they will stay there until I pull them out!
This morning I did some walking around with the Wednesday Walkers. I guess everyone is still recovering from Monday’s Hash as there were only four of us on trail today. I led the group on a comfortable jaunt over My Bitch, then circled around on another mountain and back down into the valley. A bit of an adventure at the end because we lost the trail going down for a bit. They’ve been doing some burning on the mountain and apparently, the trail is little used these days, so it doesn’t look much like a trail anymore. We found it again about a third of the way down, which is good because it is a tough enough downhill on a path; it’s not a good place to be trailblazing.
Here are some photos:
Feel free to Relive the hike if you are so inclined.
That’s pretty much how life is in these parts. It could be worse I suppose…
I guess there are things I miss, but watching the news ain’t one of them.
Congrats on the win! You’ve beaten Cristy a few times since labeling her “the best.” Is she still the best, or did you steal her crown?
Well, I’ve won two of our three singles league matches, but she has a higher win percentage in the league overall. So, the end of the season tourney will have to decide this year’s champion. Overall, Cristy is more consistently good than I am I think.
try to take some sand paper to the points and rough them up. I have done that and also dulled my points a little.
Good to hear from you again, Duke. Long time no comment! Dulling the points is something I hadn’t considered, how do you do that?
Sandpapering apparently is a thing.
Thanks, Kev. Yes, in the past I actually carried sandpaper in my darts case for this purpose. When I recently replaced the points I was advised to only sharpen the points. Hmm, Duke says dull the points and your link says scuff the sides. I’m gonna do both and see what happens. Can’t be worse than having so many triple 20s on the floor!
i lightly tap the points on something hard. Trying the sandpaper first and then take it another step if you need to. I did find sanding helped because it would gave the points extra surface. Make sure you rough it and not sand it down to being smooth.
Good stuff, Duke, That’s what I’ll do!