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A couple of dogs were barking, but people took care of it. Did someone get on your case about their dog following you?

Maybe we could put some gadget at the trailhead for each cliff and have climbers check in so we have a count at each cliff.

when its really crowded I find tobacco products and unsaviory conversational topics can occasionally be helpful

I like to bring my ipod and blast all my ghetto rap

I find getting up early takes care of the crowd problem.

Also If you were at the gallery, why not check out: curbside, playground, shady grove, shire, north 40, WABW, courtesywall, etc.. There is def no shortage of good walls all within a 5-10 minute walk.

Have a back up plan..
Also most of the popular crags lighten up after 2-3 on weekends. What you'll find is a lot of people just not many climbing. I guess they get tired early.

The gallery is located near, as chriss said, five others cliffs with some good routes. If crowds and dogs piss you off leave and climb somewhere else that is the only solution. I guess you could have walked up to gold rush and taken a shit or something drastic to try to get people to leave but when its crowed there are two options take it or leave.

I am guessing the New River Gorge is deserted.

meadows..yes. I found that "talk" quite amusing....

i just go to sucky crags that nobody likes

on sat my partner and i started at the shire. there were already about 6 people there. we did the 1 route i really wanted (fortuantely it was the only one that was open). while we were on it 2 more couples came up. 12 people at a small wall seemed excessive. we left and hiked over to the playground. it was us + 1 other couple. no crowds or lines.

there is a time to wait in line and a time to be flexible and move on.