8 ball

Post by **hotkarl** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:03 pm

can anyone tell me if there are still draws on 8 ball? I put them up in march/april and promptly sprained my ankle... haven't been back to try it since.

Post by **rhunt** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:14 pm

hotkarl, those are you draws..dude thanks. I have been working 8-ball and have much appreciate the draws being there. There in good shape too. I'll be back on it this saturday and hope to send it. Do you want me to clean it for you?

Post by **hotkarl** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:30 pm

if they are a bunch of omega draws, then yes. I really thought someone would have taken them by now. I sooo badly wanted to project that route this year but had a rough time with injury and then my fiance got hurt also. I only got two attempts at it before getting hurt. best of luck with the send. maybe you should just leave them up so others can enjoy this route also. don't you just love this route? way fun. if you do take them down, just let me know and I'll buy you a beer sometime.

Post by **rhunt** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:58 pm

hotkarl, I think they are the omega draws you are talking about. People at the lode are usually pretty good about leaving project draws and donated draws on routes.

It has been a long time since I have been this obsessed with a route, I think about the moves all the time. There are two ways to do the crux, out left on some powerful crimp moves or out right on some pockets, which way were you trying it? I was first on 8-ball about two years ago and was trying the out left way but now I find the pocket way to be way better.

I'll leave the draws on it if you don't mind..let me know.

check this out and see if they look like your draws... http://www.redriverclimbing.com/album_p ... pic_id=396

Rob

Post by **Buster** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:46 pm

rhunt wrote:hotkarl, I think they are the omega draws you are talking about. People at the lode are usually pretty good about leaving project draws and donated draws on routes.

It has been a long time since I have been this obsessed with a route, I think about the moves all the time. There are two ways to do the crux, out left on some powerful crimp moves or out right on some pockets, which way were you trying it? I was first on 8-ball about two years ago and was trying the out left way but now I find the pocket way to be way better.

I'll leave the draws on it if you don't mind..let me know.

check this out and see if they look like your draws..http://www.redriverclimbing.com/album_p ... pic_id=396

Rob

I am personally gratified to hear that you are trying 8-ball with the "approved" sequence. Good job!

Post by **Gretchen** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 2:27 pm

Buster who???

Post by **hotkarl** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:23 pm

I was trying it with the pocket sequence out right. obsessed is right. I tried this last year for the first time and got hooked.

leave the draws up so i have motivation to get back there and work on it!

Post by **Buster** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 4:45 pm

Gretchen wrote:Buster who???

You know, it's me "nose picker"
At least I am not "booger eater"

Post by **Gretchen** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 11:38 pm

That's not what I heard!

Happy Thanksgiving & hope all is well with you!!

Post by **Power2U** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:25 pm

8-Ball... killer route!

The draws are still there... as I was on this thing yesterday. The bad news is that the gates on about 4 of them are super sticky...manual gates that you have to open and close. I actually changed out one of the draws up high to one of mine for my red point as it is too hard up there to mess with a draw that sticks. The weather on the GMC wall is perfect right now for sending so it is good to have the draws there, but I think that a full winter out there will really kill them, as they are looking a bit rough as it is.

Anyhow, thanks for leaving them there for so long, hotkarl, and I hope you can get back to it before too long.