PRINT: Rock Climb G-String, The New River Gorge Region

G-String

5.11a, Sport, 80 ft (24 m),

Avg: 3.5 from 242 votes
FA: Eric Hörst 2004
W Virginia > New River Gorge… > New River Gorge… > Bubba City > 01. Sandstonia

Access Issue: NO DRONES ON NATIONAL PARKLANDS. Details

All of the crags within the New River Gorge proper are on national parklands, and drone use is prohibited here. There has been some discussion about places to launch drones that are not on park property, and then flying them over the gorge. This is super poor form; don't do it. Park regulations prohibit all drone use over the boundaries without a permit.

Description

Some hard sequences with some good rests in between. Climb Bikini Line to the 4th bolt then move right around/over and overlap. Balance up a clean face and then through fun and easier steep moves above to the anchor.

Location

Same start as Bikini Line.

Protection

8 bolts. Cold shuts at top

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G-string at Sandstonia.

First crux
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https://youtu.be/LCa5pSh_sNQ

First crux https://youtu.be/LCa5pSh_sNQ

G-String goes out the right side of the roof seen above.

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Jamie Ervin
Asheville, NC

Some loose blocks got pulled off of the top of this thing yesterday. No one got hurt, but there are still some softball sized blocks sitting on a jug around the final two bolts (I think it's between the last and second-to-last as the route goes through the roof). Look out up there and wear a helmet if you're belaying! Oct 31, 2016

Pnelson

This is the best climb at Bubba, in my opinion, and up there with the best of NRG 5.11a's. May 19, 2017

Daniel Campbell
Salt Lake

We pulled the ~200lb flake that the guy in red is standing on off the wall last week. Doesn't change the route much but at least there isn't a block waiting to kill someone. Jun 3, 2019

Remo
Madison, WI

5.11a

Fantastic route! Apr 1, 2025