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If you only have one day at the New and want to do sport stuff, then you should probably go to Kaymoor. You can warm up on Flight of the Gumbie (stellar 5.9), then head back up the hill (left of Gumbie) and do a couple of easy 10s, then do Sancho Belige (to the right of the easy 10s) and some of the mid-11s. Head back down past Flight of the Gumbie to do some more mid-11s like Bimbo Shrine and the others in that area.

The other option for concentrated 10 and 11 sport climbing would be Summersville or Bubba City, although Summersville is better IMO.

Roger kinda creeps me out. There's free camping on a beach if you go south on 19 and follow the signs to Thurmond. There's also free camping by the Summersville Lake Dam, but it's not rare to get woken up at 3 AM to CCR blaring and rednecks yelling that they're going to beat their wives. There's also a real nice Battle Run. You'll turn off of 19 towards the dam and follow it over the damn, i'll be on your right within 10 min. or so. It's $14 a night per site and you can fit 2-3 tents no problem. They have the nicest showers i've seen at any camp ground.

You can't really go wrong with the sport at Summersville lake. Endless is cool, but ssomething about it is way intimidating.

hearn wrote:Roger kinda creeps me out.

That's gotta be the meanest thing I've ever heard!

i didn't mean it in in a mean way. I'm just saying. I've been with quite a few people who felt the same. Also the whole camping area is sloped, so i don't really stay there.

True, much of the camping area is sloped, but there are more terraces and flat spots than there are slopes. I've stayed there many, many, MANY times over the last 12-13 years and I've never had a sloped camping spot. There was always a flat spot to be found. Roger is a good friend and a genuinely nice guy, I'm not quite sure why he would be considered creepy.

I spent a good bit of time at Butcher Branch this summer - nice place with fun climbs. Rogers is a good place to stay. Pies and pints is good for dinner chathedral is good for breakfast. Have fun.

Alright! I feel armed and dangerous with all this info I've been given. Can't wait to get up there and check it out. I'll let yall know how it turns out!
I'm getting more excited each day! Yippee!

The New River Gorge is a climber's paradise. I really miss it there sometimes. Have fun!

some guys i know arrived late to rogers after everyone was sleeping, so they decided to toss their sleeping bags on rogers front steps to not seem like they were trying to steal camping. they awoke very early to see that roger had let all the air out of their tires and told them that's what they get for not paying. he then offered to fill their tires back up for money.

roger doesn't sound creepy...sounds like a fucking asshole.

Uh, that's sounds hokey, but oh well.

There is a box infront of the store where you can drop off your payment if no one is around. Plenty of times, we don't pay for camping til the next day and Roger's been fine with it.

We are talking about Roger at Kaymoor, right?