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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Sat 30th Mar 2024 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	23	★★★ Hotel California - with Duncan Tweed 1 23 45 Sport lead by Nik less crazy than imagined but demanding, hope to get it clean next time 🙃 2 20 30 Second lead by Duncan Tweed 3 17 40 Sport lead by Nik 4 10 35 Second lead by Duncan Tweed 5 17 30 Sport lead by Nik got spooked by the lizard 6 19 50 Second lead by Duncan Tweed 7 20 30 Sport lead by Nik 8 18 25 Second lead by Duncan Tweed 9 20 Sport 10 16 20 Sport lead by Nik brittle holds!	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Nik
most epic day out! 10h C2C. faffing with two ropes is not recommended.
Sun 21st Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Matt Singleton 1 22 45m Sport 2 20 30m Sport 3 17 40m Sport 4 10 35m Sport 5 17 30m Sport 6 19 50m Sport 7 20 30m Sport 8 18 25m Sport 9 20m Sport 10 16 20m Sport	Sport 330m		Will Turner
Best of the 3 by miles, a full goddim of a route
Sat 20th Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22 ~23	★★★ Hotel California P1 - with Eli Solly 1 22 45m Sport	Sport 45m	★★★ Classic	Orrin Huf
Had to bail, walked 6 hours back to the car. Should go without saying but start early and bring lots of water
Mon 1st Jan 2024 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Belle	Sport 330m		Martin Weir
Dropped pitch 1! That traverse is all time
Fri 29th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45 Sport 2 20 30 Second 3 17 40 Sport 4 10 35 Sport 5 17 30 Second 6 19 50 Sport 7 20 30 Second 8 18 25 Second	Sport 290m		Andreas Knecht
Very muggy conditions today. Skipped the last 2 pitches due to thunderstorms moving in.
Mon 18th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22 ~23	★★★ Hotel California - with Just Linder	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Aidan Cox
1st pitch is nails! Traverse was mind blowing, insane exposure and spicy bolting. Had a bunch of curious butterflies follow me along the whole traverse! Skipped the last pitch because it makes no sense to continue climbing after pitch 8
Fri 15th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Nil, Ryan Siacci, Shannon Keys 1 22 45m Second lead by Nil 2 20 30m Second lead by Nil 3 17 40m Second lead by Nil 4 10 35m Second lead by Nil 5 17 30m Second lead by Nil 6 19 50m Sport lead by Johnny Sullivan 7 20 30m Sport lead by Johnny Sullivan 8 18 25m Sport lead by Johnny Sullivan 9 20m Sport lead by Johnny Sullivan 10 16 20m Sport lead by Johnny Sullivan	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Johnny Sullivan
Gumby train
Sat 9th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22 ~23	★★★ Hotel California - with Bonnie 1 22 45m Sport Bit sad to dog it, agree with others that it’s nails at 22. Not necessarily pumpy but definitely some hard moves 2 20 30m Second Quite fun delicate climbing 3 17 40m Sport Felt like there was a single long move in this pitch that was definitely not 17, probably bad beta 4 10 35m Second 5 17 30m Sport Jugs 😍 also cool lizards 6 19 50m Second One of the more epic pitches around. Absolutely stunning position and exposure, climbs really well 7 20 30m Sport Was a bit intimidated by the first few moves off the anchor while hanging a couple hundred metres off the deck but held it together for the onsquizzy. Very glad for the breeze as it was full sun ~35° 8 18 25m Second Sinker jugs 😍 9 20m Sport Did p9 (barefoot bush walk) and p10 (mediocre sandy choss) for completion but next time would probably choose to end it early on a high note after 4 really nice pitches in a row. 10 16 20m Second	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Carl Walsh
Awesome climbing and a great day out. Probably wouldn’t recommend faffing about on a 35°C day though. Car to car in 9:45. P6 came into the sun at 2ish and sunny from there to top
Sun 12th Nov 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22 ~23	★★★ Hotel California - with Nathan Watson	Sport 330m	★★ Very Good	Zeke Whitfeld
16 at the end was class
Wed 1st Nov 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Matt King	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Luke Yerbury
Cleaned up first pitch this time around after a fall at the rooflet
	22	★★★ Hotel California	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Matt King
Route 2 Pierce's 1000
Sun 29th Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22 ~24	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45 Aid 2 20 30 Sport 3 17 40 Second 4 10 35 Sport 5 17 30 Second 6 19 50 Sport spicy spicy 7 20 30 Second 8 18 25 Sport 9 20 Sport 10 16 20 Sport walked off to the left... choss cave looks pretty silly.	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Sunny G
M8 that first pitch is a laugh at 22.... Such a great climb overall !!
Wed 25th Oct 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	James Hockey
2 hours 15min, second route of the day and the hardest. Got revenge on pitch one and cleaned it up, pitched 2, simul 3/4/5, pitched 6, linked 7/8 (epic), pitched to top.
Sat 16th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Myles 1 22 45m Second Hard for the grade 2 20 30m Second 3 17 40m Sport 4 10 35m Second 5 17 30m Sport 6 19 50m Second Amazing! Stressful. 7 20 30m Second Also amazing! 8 18 25m Second 9 20m Sport 10 16 20m Sport	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	dcouter
Freakin awesome day out. 7.5 hours car to car.
Thu 14th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22 Hard	★★★ Hotel California - with Hyahno Moser 1 22 45 Second Too sustained for lil no endurance me, still an amazing pitch. 2 20 30 Sport 3 17 40 Second 4 10 35 Second 5 17 30 Second 6 19 50 Sport $$$ 7 20 30 Second 8 18 25 Sport 9 20 Sport 10 16 20 Sport	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Jack Kilsby
What a day! Epic epic epic. First pitch was a struggle, rest was amazing.
Mon 12th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22 Hard	★★★ Hotel California - with anne	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Fraser
Holy shit that was good, no surprises there. Traverse pitch was money, absolute jug haul.
Sat 3rd Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Damien Boorman	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	James Harrington
Route #2 of our 1000m link up. Simul climbed majority. Also Mega. 2.5 hours bottom to top.
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Nick Ozark	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Steve Cooper
The first pitch on this thing had my mind on edge and thinking the whole time. To be honest I have on-sighted easier 23's... Absolute banger of a pitch, was beaming once I hit those anchors . I fell unfortunately seconding the second pitch right at that middle section where it requires a bit of balance. My backpack dragged me the wrong way . The Traverse pitch was also another cracker! Even seconding was exciting. The rest of climb went with ease as I lead/seconded my way to the top. Another one on the bucket list ticked!
Sat 20th May 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	23 ~23	★★★ Hotel California - with BumblingGumble 1 23 45m Sport lead by Tim Mayer First go of the day, as I tried previously with bad shoes, as I underestimated it. 2 20 30m Sport lead by Tim Mayer Spicy 3 17 40m Sport lead by Tim Mayer 4 10 35m Sport lead by BumblingGumble 5 17 30m Sport lead by BumblingGumble 6 19 50m Sport lead by Tim Mayer Climbed it previously. Really tough in the high winds. Only just managed to stay on the wall. I almost got spat off but a good kneebar and two jugs kept me pinned to the wall, as some mega gust blew in. 7 20 30m Sport lead by Tim Mayer Climbed it previously. Really tough in the high winds. Literally got blown off the crux section and took a fall. 8 18 25m Sport lead by Tim Mayer Climbed it previously. Really tough in the high winds. Only just managed to stay on the wall. 9 20m Sport lead by Tim Mayer Climbed it previously. 10 16 20m Sport lead by Tim Mayer Climbed it previously. certainly cleaner this time, and much nicer to climb.	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Tim Mayer
P1 Total sandbag at 22 with four hard sections, but as this pitch is well bolted its easy to push through. Did this on Sat 20th with the Antarctic winds, with not enough cloths making it really tough, especially as we climbed higher. Previously done Contented Cows variant (the better version overall), so only first 3 pitches were new to me. Great climb and happy to finally have had the opportunity to do this mega classic.
Sat 6th May 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	23 ~23	★★★ Hotel California - with Zsofia Nichols 1 23 45m Sport 2 20 30m Sport 3 17 40m Second 4 10 35m Sport 5 17 30m Second 6 19 50m Second 7 20 30m Sport 8 18 25m Second 9 20m Sport 10 16 20m Sport	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Tom Atkinson
mega day, 8 people on the climb that day. topped out at sunset
	23 ~23	★★★ Hotel California 1 23 45 Sport 2 20 30 Second 3 17 40 Sport 4 10 35 Second 5 17 30 Sport 6 19 50 Second 7 20 30 Sport 8 18 25 Second 9 20 Sport	Sport 310m	★★ Very Good	Den
The first pitch felt like a 23. Pitch 6 is endurance feast. Pitch 7 was my favourite
Tue 11th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Anthony Bristow 1 22 45 Second lead by Anthony Bristow 2 20 30 Sport 3 17 40 Second lead by Anthony Bristow 4 10 35 Second lead by Anthony Bristow 5 17 30 Sport 6 19 50 Second lead by Anthony Bristow 7 20 30 Sport 8 18 25 Second lead by Anthony Bristow 9 20 Sport 10 16 20 Sport	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Laurie Bristow
9hrs car to car. Did the numpty move of pulling through the first pitch (hard!). Happy with my two 20 leads after being super pumped coming into both of them! Anthony somehow linked pitch 3 and 4 (with a 70m rope) into one mega bash, missed 5 draws but when I seconded he still had 3 draws on him! Apparently just doesn't like clipping... I've never had better weather in the bluies, no wind, 13 deg top made for a glorious send day. Stoked.
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Laurie Bristow 1 22 45m Sport 2 20 30m Second 3 17 40m Sport 4 10 35m Sport 5 17 30m Second 6 19 50m Sport 7 20 30m Second 8 18 25m Sport 9 20m Sport 10 16 20m Second	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Anthony Bristow
9 hours car to car. Standout pitches were p1 and the traverse pitch. Pretty cruisy climbing otherwise
Sun 9th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22 ~23	★★★ Hotel California - with Brosnan Degenaar	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Cory Shearwin
Beautiful climbing in a beautiful location. First pitch felt about 23 and everything else felt a grade or 2 higher because of the massive winds. The wind made every pitch take forever and we had to climb the last pitch in the dark. Will definitely get there earlier and on a less windy day next time.
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Cory Shearwin	Sport 330m		Brosnan Degenaar
We probably should have joined the other pair that were walking out of the Rapp station due to the extreme winds. It was a brutal climb the entire way up. Having to pause for minutes on all the techy crimpt sequences as the 70kmh gusts tried to strip us from the wall. Standouts where definately the first pitch and the traverse. So much exposure on this climb it was absolutely stunning climbing. Glad we made it in the end. An all around great climb with a great partner!
Thu 6th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with paolo 1 22 45m Aid 2 20 30m Sport 3 17 40m Second 4 10 35m Sport 5 17 30m Second 6 19 50m Sport 7 20 30m Second 8 18 25m Sport 9 20m Second 10 16 20m Sport	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Kat Liss
Super fun endurance day out!! Car to car in 7 hours. 1. Aided through the first roof, did the other moves with rest. 2. Spicey bolting but otherwise nice. 3, 4 & 5. Nothing overly remarkable here. 6. so fun, 16 draws for 50m says it all. 7. Another cool pitch. 8 & 10. Wet jugs.
Sat 1st Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Kelly Rathjen, Laura de Wal	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Mike Garrett
Gassed out on the first pitch.
Fri 10th Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Hilary	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Chris Harper
Stoked to get the onsight of P1. Not as hard as I was expecting from others comments. I'd say 22 is fair. Loved the traverse and following 2 pitches. Linked the latter 2 as a 55m pitch, but needed to skip a few bolts as I was short on draws. Upper pitches felt easy for the grades to me. Just under 8hrs car to car.
Sat 4th Feb 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with JeremyPerier, Pierre, This is just the scramble right? 1 22 45 Sport lead by Demetrius Just short of the crimp only for fall and find a better undercling that unlocked it all. 2 20 30 Second lead by JeremyPerier One surprisingly tricky section ...which coincided with au unfortunate rope tangle lucky Jeremy could hold it out! 3 17 40 Sport lead by Demetrius Nice climbing with one surprising sequence 4 10 35 Second lead by Pierre 5 17 30 Sport lead by Demetrius Very enjoyable 6 19 50 Second lead by JeremyPerier The money pitch! Stunning 7 20 30 Sport lead by Demetrius That wind was strong and more rope shenanigans. 8 18 25 Second lead by JeremyPerier Pleasant 9 20 Sport lead by Demetrius, JeremyPerier, Pierre This is just the scramble right? 10 16 20 Sport lead by Demetrius Surprisingly challenging	Sport 330m		Demetrius
Such a lovely face
Sun 8th Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Damien Boorman	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	James Harrington
Another lap up the mega classic - link up training with Damo
Mon 2nd Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with James Bailie 1 22 45m Second 2 20 30m Sport 3 17 40m Second 4 10 35m Sport 5 17 30m Second 6 19 50m Sport 7 20 30m Second 8 18 25m Second 9 20m Free solo	Sport 310m		Chris Bailie
Aid++ P1
Thu 29th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45 Second 2 20 30 Second 3 17 40 Sport 4 10 35 Sport 5 17 30 Second 6 19 50 Second 7 20 30 Second 8 18 25 Second 9 20 Sport 10 16 20 Sport	Sport 330m		root
was definitely rekt on this one, second multi of the day and in the cloud. max spooge
	22 ~23	★★★ Hotel California - with Dave OS 1 22 45 Sport lead by Angie 2 20 30 Second lead by Dave OS 3 17 40 Sport lead by Angie 4 10 35 Sport lead by Angie 5 17 30 Sport lead by Angie 6 19 50 Second lead by Dave OS	Sport 230m		Angie
Great long day out! We decided to bail after p6 when we ran out of energy and skin. Most pitches felt harder than the grades suggest, but maybe because we had to work too hard on p1 and got tired. I'm still glad we gave it a good shot, loved the exposure. Very grateful for the rescue crew who hiked down to Westface of the Mirrorball to help us get back out!!
Wed 28th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22 ~23	★★★ Hotel California - with Angie 1 22 45 Second lead by Angie This is 32 metres long tops. 2 20 30 Sport lead by Dave OS 3 17 40 Second lead by Angie 4 10 35 Second lead by Angie 5 17 30 Second lead by Angie 6 19 50 Sport lead by Dave OS	Sport 230m		Dave OS
Big retreat. Happy with our decision making processes, and effort. We were too weak. Every pitch felt stiff, and we hadn't allowed for that in our margin. Unashamedly yarded through basically the whole thing. Except the traverse because you can't. Retreated at 5.30pm to the ground. Made it to the ledge from the top of P6 on 2x 60m ropes. Had a great day out though.
Mon 19th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22 ~23	★★★ Hotel California	Sport 330m	★★ Very Good	Anthony Larbalestier
Got thoroughly worked on this one Thanks to Hugh for the fixed line and Tom for helping find the start of the climb
Wed 14th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	23	★★★ Hotel California - with Lauren Hunter, Lee Prescott, Hampus Holmberg 1 23 45 Sport Hard!! Closer to 24 than 23. Pulled on gear at the crux, then fought the sustained climbing to the top 2 20 30 Sport 3 17 40 Sport 4 10 35 Second lead by Lauren Hunter 5 17 30 Sport 6 19 50 Second lead by Lauren Hunter 7 20 30 Sport At this point the wind became unsafe and wasn't able to climb... 8 18 25 Sport Beautiful top out!! Managed to climb despite the wind. However split the pitch in two to allow communication with Lauren 9 20 Second lead by Lauren Hunter 10 16 20 Second lead by Lauren Hunter Exhausted at this point, barely able to pull on jugs. Felt amazing topping out despite all the adversity and wind gusts!	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Pedro Rocha
Epic!! Every pitch is unique and great climbing. Got a bit unlucky with wind gusts pulling us off the wall, so couldn't really climb pitches 7 and 8. Would definitely come back and do it again on better conditions!
	22 ~24	★★★ Hotel California - with Pedro Rocha, Lee Prescott, Hampus Holmberg 1 22 45 Second lead by Pedro Rocha 30m of 23 climbing with a 24 move. Pulled through. 2 20 30 Second lead by Pedro Rocha Slab in wind? No thanks. Pulled up. 3 17 40 Second lead by Pedro Rocha Still no confidence in leading slab in the wind. 4 10 35 Sport lead by Lauren Hunter I managed to lead this one. Stiff start for a 10! 5 17 30 Second lead by Pedro Rocha Fun juggy climbing.. wished I'd led it. 6 19 50 Sport lead by Lauren Hunter Couldn't not lead this juggy traverse. Loved it. Wind tried to blow me off but I just waited it out on jugs. 7 20 30 Second lead by Pedro Rocha So windy we couldn't stand straight at the belay. Used stuck clip and aided some uncertain moves. Done in 2 pitches so we could see each other since we definitely couldn't hear! 8 18 25 Second lead by Pedro Rocha Same as last pitch. So sick of getting pushed around by the wind. Done in 2 pitches. In love with the jugs at the end! 9 6 20 Sport lead by Lauren Hunter Crushed it. 10 16 20 Sport lead by Lauren Hunter Beautiful rock up here! Less wind at the top around the corner, still slabby but I got some confidence back from being less exposed. Nice little finishing pitch.	Sport 330m		Lauren Hunter
Big day out in super strong winds. Like, can't hold on to a jug safely strong winds.
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with hampus 1 22 45 Sport 2 20 30 Second 3 17 40 Sport 4 10 35 Second 5 17 30 Sport 6 19 50 Second 7 20 30 Sport 8 18 25 Second 9 20 Sport 10 16 20 Second	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Lee Prescott
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair... The wind was definitely in my hair on this one!! +2 to each pitch for wind factor I reckon. If you get to the rap in and the wind is blowing you off the cliff, I'd recommend maybe not proceeding to climb! Super happy to get the onsight of pitch one, although I think I pulled harder on pitch 7 to avoid getting ripped of the wall by the 60km/h winds. A sick day out on the hotel Cali, a future story for sure
Fri 9th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22 Hard	★★★ Hotel California - with Johan Løvoll Ødegaard 1 22 45m Sport 2 20 30m Second 3 17 40m Sport 4 10 35m Second 5 17 30m Sport 6 19 50m Second 7 20 30m Sport 8 18 25m Second 9 20m Sport 10 16 20m Second	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Dylan Glavas
Super sick climbing in some exposed and beautiful positions! Stoked to get Johan on this, but of fuck around to start the day and probably started climbing at 3pmish, topped out at 945. Beautiful sunsets, shame about the scrambles through dirt 🥲
Sun 4th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45m Sport 2 20 30m Sport 3 17 40m Sport 4 10 35m Sport 5 17 30m Sport 6 19 50m Sport 7 20 30m Sport 8 18 25m Sport 9 20m Sport 10 16 20m Sport	Sport 330m		Emdehn
Unreal climb! Epic day out.
Sat 3rd Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California	Sport 330m		Nathan
Clean repeat as part of trio
Tue 29th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Jack Seawright
Tim yim sam. Lazy start but efficient speedclimbing up the wall. Cracker onsight of p1 for yimbo. Cruisy flash for tim, my second was almost devoid of free climbing. Enjoyed the traverse aswell as p7 and 8. Much nicer climb overall than bbb.
Sat 26th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45m Sport The crux felt hard and a tad greasy, took a fall. After this theres a few deep lock offs that probably earn 22 2 20 30m Sport Lovely pitch 3 17 40m Sport A bit bland, possible to link into the next pitch to save rope admin 4 10 35m Sport Linked 5 17 30m Sport Bit chossy 6 19 50m Second Left the money pitch for courtney, exposed and fun 7 20 30m Sport Nice and not too hard at the grade. Linked it 8 18 25m Sport Follows on an easy link from the previous 9 20m Sport Walk 10 16 20m Second Shit but you've gotta escape somehow	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Gavin
A fun day out, the first pitch is hard as everyone knows, but the rest is pretty cruisy, and as it has a couple of easier pitches 8 hours car to car was chill. With a 70 can link pitches 3+4 and 7+8
	22	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45m Second 10kg backpack made of love. Pulled on multiple draws. Not a fan of this pitch 2 20 30m Sport Lead but pulled on one draw down low. Run out climbing = must be easy! 3 17 40m Sport Cruisy 4 10 35m Sport Walk 5 17 30m Sport JUGS. Carrot bolt to make anchor before moving over the roof into traverse lol 6 19 50m Second Spicy! Had to rest a few times, gargantuan pitch. Plenty of holds. 7 20 30m Sport Rested on the rope once, nice moves and good jugs to finish. 8 18 25m Second Jugs and scoopy features. 9 20m Sport Walk 10 16 20m Sport Different style of rock, good day.	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Michael 'Monty' Burns
Huge day, bucket list ticked. 3L of water between us, carried too much food. Was told 100m fixed line was at the abseil so only brought one rope. Missed out on a haul line for the backpack but less logistics to manage.
Sat 19th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45m Second 2 20 30m Sport 3 17 40m Second 4 10 35m Second 5 17 30m Sport 6 19 50m Second Traverse, terrifying with backpack! 7 20 30m Second 8 18 25m Second 9 20m Sport 10 16 20m Sport	Sport 330m		Jaime Fergusson
Sustained climbing for the grades. Fantastic!
Thu 10th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Bruno Martins 1 22 45m lead by Jorge Packer 2 20 30m lead by Bruno Martins 3 17 40m lead by Jorge Packer 4 10 35m lead by Bruno Martins 5 17 30m lead by Jorge Packer 6 19 50m lead by Bruno Martins 7 20 30m lead by Jorge Packer 8 18 25m lead by Bruno Martins 9 20m lead by Jorge Packer 10 16 20m lead by Bruno Martins	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Jorge Packer
Great day!! Great weather! What an adventure! I've been thinking about this climb for ages. I heard many comments saying the first pitch was hard, so I gave it all. I kept moving slowly, and I was very happy when I got to the anchors! I think it's a solid 22.
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Jorge Packer 1 22 45m lead by Jorge Packer 2 20 30m lead by Bruno Martins 3 17 40m lead by Jorge Packer 4 10 35m lead by Bruno Martins 5 17 30m lead by Jorge Packer 6 19 50m lead by Bruno Martins 7 20 30m lead by Jorge Packer 8 18 25m lead by Bruno Martins 9 20m lead by Jorge Packer 10 16 20m lead by Bruno Martins	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Bruno Martins
After a long time talking about it we managed to get it done. Absolutely classic climb and Jorge smashed the first pith. Heaps of adventures, if someone finds a right hiking boot at the bottom, that is mine =/ and Jorge's chalk bag as well...
Sun 6th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Alex Mantaut
To say that I dogged this would be an understatement. Jay carried the team on this one, especially considering that we had 2 other groups behind us. First pitch was definitely the crux, and the 19 traverse was really gripping. Overall, an amazing day out.
Sat 5th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Alex Mantaut 1 22 45m lead by Jay 2 20 30m lead by Jay 3 17 40m lead by Alex Mantaut 4 10 35m lead by Jay 5 17 30m lead by Alex Mantaut 6 19 50m lead by Jay 7 20 30m lead by Jay 8 18 25m lead by Jay 9 20m lead by Alex Mantaut, Jay 10 16 20m lead by Jay	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Jay
The first pitch is pretty sandbagged at 22, I'd say pretty comfortably 23. Struggled a bit with endurance, as it was my first climb outdoors five months, which was, in hindsight, pretty optimistic On the bright side everything else felt much softer at the grade than that first pitch, though the 19 traverse pitch was gripping. I ended up leading most of the harder pitches because Alex got ruined by the first pitch. We were both shattered when we got back to the car All in all, and awesome day out.
Sat 15th Oct 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	23 22	★★★ Hotel California - with Conner	Sport 330m	★★ Very Good	Dan Johnson
No way this is still 22. Start of pitch 5 is nice. Pitch 6 traverse was great. Pitch 8 was probably my favourite. If I had lead the traverse I think I would have enjoyed it more. Would do again fresh. Not a good rest day activity 😂
Mon 26th Sep 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with duncanhandel, Bill Mansfield, Adam Grant 1 22 45m lead by william Boult 2 20 30m lead by duncanhandel 3 17 40m lead by william Boult 4 10 35m lead by duncanhandel 5 17 30m lead by duncanhandel 6 19 50m lead by william Boult 7 20 30m lead by duncanhandel 8 18 25m lead by william Boult 9 20m 10 16 20m lead by duncanhandel	Sport 330m		william Boult
Absolutely ripper - first pitch felt stiff
Tue 14th Jun 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Caleb Skirrow
Siiiccckkkkkkk The traverse pitch is some of the greatest easy climbing I have ever done
Mon 17th Jan 2022 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Sophie Antony 1 22 45m lead by James Hurrey 2 20 30m lead by James Hurrey 3 17 40m lead by Sophie Antony 4 10 35m lead by James Hurrey 5 17 30m lead by Sophie Antony 6 19 50m lead by James Hurrey 7 20 30m lead by James Hurrey 8 18 25m lead by Sophie Antony 9 20m 10 16 20m lead by James Hurrey	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	James Hurrey
Not the 8m overhung Coolum climb I'm used to. The 22 felt like a QLD 24. Climbed pitches 2-10 with our second rope on my back - not something I'd recommend. Pitches 5, 6, 7 and 8 are great. The traverse is epic. Unfortunately, pitches 7 and up were wet. We got rained on during pitch 7 which did not help with the pump I was experiencing. The cave just before the final pitch is home to a very chonky wombat. Awesome route, great day.
Fri 31st Dec 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Miri Schroeter, Jimmy O'Reilly 1 22 45m lead by Jimmy O'Reilly 2 20 30m lead by Jimmy O'Reilly 3 17 40m lead by Jimmy O'Reilly 4 10 35m lead by Jimmy O'Reilly 5 17 30m lead by Jimmy O'Reilly 6 19 50m lead by Jimmy O'Reilly 7 20 30m lead by Jimmy O'Reilly 8 18 25m lead by Jimmy O'Reilly 9 20m 10 16 20m 11	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Jimmy O'Reilly
22 is a little sandbagged. The rest of the climb was very enjoyable. The traverse was a lot of fun.
Thu 30th Dec 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Hunter Cole
Woah first pitch could get 4 stars in itself! Surely 23 tho. What a lovely outing
	22	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45m 2 20 30m 3 17 40m 4 10 35m 5 17 30m 6 19 50m 7 20 30m 8 18 25m 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m		Nathan Kenny
fell once on first pitch. epic day out. finished before the storm rolled in at 2
Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45m 2 20 30m 3 17 40m 4 10 35m 5 17 30m 6 19 50m 7 20 30m 8 18 25m 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m		Adam Flower
Spooged off the lower two pitches while in the clouds... pretty devo. Will have to come back!
Sun 31st Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Gavin Rech, Joe 1 22 45m lead by Joe 2 20 30m lead by Gavin Rech 3 17 40m lead by Ken Thrash 4 10 35m lead by Joe 5 17 30m lead by Gavin Rech 6 19 50m lead by Ken Thrash 7 20 30m lead by Joe 8 18 25m lead by Gavin Rech 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m		Ken Thrash
Cut my finger open on first pitch so dogged up pitch. Sorry about all the blood on some of the holds. The rest of the routes was awesome!!
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Joe, Ken Thrash 1 22 45m lead by Joe 2 20 30m 3 17 40m lead by Ken Thrash 4 10 35m lead by Joe 5 17 30m 6 19 50m lead by Ken Thrash 7 20 30m lead by Joe 8 18 25m 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Gavin Rech
Classic. The first pitch is a hard for a 22 with several difficult moves. Take some alpine draws for the 19 travers pitch to reduce rope drag. Gets sun from about 1-2pm onwards.
Sun 10th Oct 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Rollacoasta 1 22 45m lead by Dmitry Linkov 2 20 30m lead by Dmitry Linkov 3 17 40m lead by Rollacoasta 4 10 35m lead by Dmitry Linkov 5 17 30m lead by Rollacoasta 6 19 50m lead by Dmitry Linkov 7 20 30m lead by Dmitry Linkov 8 18 25m lead by Rollacoasta 9 20m lead by Dmitry Linkov 10 16 20m lead by Dmitry Linkov	Sport 330m		Dmitry Linkov
dogged first pitch which is actually not as bad as I thought and not too hard for 23. took 10 hours car to car with plenty of rests, lunch breaks etc.
Tue 28th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with dave	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Scott Bishop
Lovely day out dodging the rain. Still pulled through on pitch 1, can’t bring myself to try that hard straight off the deck. P6 and 7 are the money for me, awesome position and engaging climbing.
Sat 11th Sep 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	23	★★★ Hotel California - with Nikita Miltiadou 1 23 45m 2 20 30m 3 17 40m 4 10 35m 5 17 30m 6 17 50m 7 20 30m 8 17 25m 9 20m 10 17 20m	Sport 330m	★★ Very Good	Jared Tyerman
What an interesting outing. Barefoot approach is a romantic notion, but only that. Until you chuck uggies on in the car and they have never felt better. Kudos to Nikita Miltiadou for joining in on the sufferfest. Was 2nd to the most wind I've had on a multi - nearly got blown off on the traverse pitch going up after the 20m crab walk, just as I climbed into sun . This part was type 1 fun. Other parts however.. such as the anchor at the very top - could be like 4m back and 1.5m higher for amazing views while belaying, rather than a crouching awks fest. And pitch 1.. how rude. Rad movements, but rude. Can't give that 22. Thankfully my desire to hold on outweighed my desire to rest my toes there. Happily an onsight despite my efforts to get beta from people - I certainly tried. Elements of type 2 fun, plenty of type 1, no type 3 thankfully. And a whole lot of rocks now embedded into the soles of my feet. Rad, sick, and yet with elements of, hmm.., 2 stars. Will say 23, and still not giveaway in my opinion. 3 star mega for pitches 5, 6, and 7 though.
Mon 17th May 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Evie Simpson 1 22 45m lead by Evie Simpson 2 20 30m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 3 17 40m lead by Evie Simpson 4 10 35m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 5 17 30m lead by Evie Simpson 6 19 50m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 7 20 30m lead by Evie Simpson 8 18 25m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	William Wardlaw-Kelly
Pitches 6,7 and 8 are unreal! The others are pretty decent.
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Evie Simpson 1 22 45m lead by Evie Simpson 2 20 30m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 3 17 40m lead by Evie Simpson 4 10 35m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 5 17 30m lead by Evie Simpson 6 19 50m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 7 20 30m lead by Evie Simpson 8 18 25m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	William Wardlaw-Kelly
Pitches 6,7 and 8 are unreal! The others are pretty decent.
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Evie Simpson 1 22 45m lead by Evie Simpson 2 20 30m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 3 17 40m lead by Evie Simpson 4 10 35m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 5 17 30m lead by Evie Simpson 6 19 50m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 7 20 30m lead by Evie Simpson 8 18 25m lead by William Wardlaw-Kelly 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	William Wardlaw-Kelly
Pitches 6,7 and 8 are unreal! The others are pretty decent.
Sun 16th May 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Jett Legge 1 22 45m 2 20 30m 3 17 40m 4 10 35m 5 17 30m 6 19 50m 7 20 30m 8 18 25m 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m		Finn Irving
Great day but no fairy tale ending. Climbed clean through the cruxes on p1 unexpectedly however the send anxiety got to me & flailed at the anchors Was epic watching Jett Legge crush through the traverse.
Fri 30th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
		★★★ Hotel California - with Jake Delaney	Sport 330m		Tom Bes
They day I became an aid climber. I used up all my sweet send juice trying to free the first pitch for way too long. This left me with nothing for the rest of them. Therefore I aided through almost everything. Led a 17 and an 18 pitch in there somewhere. I cried (literally) at the thought of leading another. Good job my partner is one of those 'hard man test piece' types and got us through. Last pitch was by far the worst. Breaking off holds and funnelwebs in all the pockets.... I should of done BBB instead. Make sure you are strong enough and you will have a great time.
Wed 28th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Adam Sanders
7 hours car to car. Lead it in blocks. Mat crushed the first half, only resorting to french-free on the crux pitch. I took the lead from the traverse and french-freed on the 20. Incredible route, brilliant exposure. Beers taste good!
Tue 27th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Tom Bes 1 22 45m lead by Jake Delaney 2 20 30m lead by Jake Delaney 3 17 40m lead by Tom Bes 4 10 35m lead by Jake Delaney 5 17 30m lead by Tom Bes 6 19 50m lead by Jake Delaney 7 20 30m lead by Jake Delaney 8 18 25m lead by Jake Delaney 9 20m lead by Jake Delaney 10 16 20m lead by Jake Delaney	Sport 330m		Jake Delaney
most of this climb i was stressed about being benighted and was having a pretty awful time. (neglecting to eat out of fear of 'wasting time' definitely did not help). then when we watched the sun go down and shed a tear each for our collectively fragility at the bottom of pitch 7, my worst nightmare had finally come true. and it was fine turns out. At that point, I had the best time ever on the top four pitches singing, being merry, killing rope management, and taking in the sweet sweet moonshadow cascading across the walls of the Grose. not even a wall plagued with funnelwebs could have gotten me down. big ups to boss noodles for the meal and hospitality. no thanks to my weak as piss stomach that couldn't handle our dine and discover feast after subsisting off 1.5 litres of water and 7 peanut m&ms for the 12 hours prior.
Fri 9th Apr 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with hipyhop	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Adam Grant
Pitch 1 and 2, 3 and 4 linked with 70m (though hard to communicate with partner). Barefoot bandit on pitch 10 for good measure. Strong winds added to exposure on upper pitches
Sun 7th Mar 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Luke Yerbury 1 22 45m 2 20 30m 3 17 40m 4 10 35m 5 17 30m 6 19 50m 7 20 30m 8 18 25m 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Dylan Hemson
First pitch had me working hard, got into an awkward position with my leg in the gap under the roof let but struggled through it. Was suprised with how spicy the second pitch was, some really cool moves! Stoked to have landed with the traverse pitch and it was easily one of the nicest pitches of climbing I’ve ever done! The head wall was stunning, amazing jugs with an even more amazing view! LOVED IT
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Dylan Hemson 1 22 45m lead by Luke Yerbury 2 20 30m lead by Dylan Hemson 3 17 40m lead by Luke Yerbury 4 10 35m lead by Dylan Hemson 5 17 30m lead by Luke Yerbury 6 19 50m lead by Dylan Hemson 7 20 30m lead by Luke Yerbury 8 18 25m lead by Dylan Hemson 9 20m lead by Luke Yerbury, Dylan Hemson 10 16 20m lead by Luke Yerbury	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Luke Yerbury
First pitch had me trying very hard. A couple of sections beat me, two big whips. Very fun climbing though. Awesome how consistent it was. Pitch 2 has its fair share of spice as well! The juggy headwall was the best climbing of the day, mind boggling jugs. Top pitch is a stark change in style, worthwhile to finish on top of the world! Played 'Hotel Cali' while we topped out, yum! Thanks for being a stinker climbing partner DJ Hemo.
Sun 7th Feb 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Ian Kotze	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Gavin Rech
First pitch is hard. Excellent climbing. Top pitches are some of the best climbing I've done. Climbing time was 5 hours. Car to car was 7 hours.
Tue 26th Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Jess C 1 22 45m lead by Luke 2 20 30m lead by Jess C 3 17 40m lead by Luke 4 10 35m lead by Jess C 5 17 30m lead by Luke 6 19 50m lead by Jess C 7 20 30m lead by Luke 8 18 25m lead by Jess C 9 20m lead by Luke 10 16 20m lead by Luke	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Luke
First time doing the full route. Tricky first pitch with some very thought provoking moves - was hard with a backpack and not warmed up! Some interesting moves on the second pitch then easier terrain for the rest of the climb. Absolute classic
Fri 22nd Jan 2021 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Dave Hoyle	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Aaron Jones
Super enjoyable low admin romp. The traverse pitch is sensational. 4 hrs car to car.
Tue 8th Dec 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Hilary Grimmer 1 22 45m lead by Sam Pearson 2 20 30m lead by Sam Pearson 3 17 40m lead by Hilary Grimmer 4 10 35m lead by Sam Pearson 5 17 30m lead by Sam Pearson 6 19 50m lead by Sam Pearson 7 20 30m lead by Sam Pearson 8 18 25m lead by Sam Pearson 9 20m lead by Hilary Grimmer 10 16 20m lead by Hilary Grimmer	Sport 330m		Sam Pearson
Superb climb but we had a bit of a Murphy's Law style near-epic on this rig. A real example to me of attitude and willpower can counteract multiple independent error factors in the mountains! Super impressed by Hils for fighting through to the top like a champ. Everything was chugging along alright till p4 when we dropped the singular water bladder we were using. Hilary then ripped her cannula out and copped a period bleed. After re-grouping at the base of p5, we pressed on to the top. We took one of the small water bottles from the emergency bin to keep us going. There are still plenty left. Can somebody please notify me how best remunerate this! Thanks!
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Sam Pearson	Sport 330m		Hilary Grimmer
Quite a big day. Didn’t second everything... Led some pitches.... maybe 3, 9, and 10? But also pulled on some gear while seconding those ridiculous first two pitches... at the end of the day I got to the top and it was the most climbing I’ve ever done in one day.
Sat 21st Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with rickau 1 22 45m lead by Eoin Coleman 2 20 30m lead by rickau 3 17 40m lead by Eoin Coleman 4 10 35m lead by rickau 5 17 30m lead by Eoin Coleman 6 19 50m lead by rickau 7 20 30m lead by Eoin Coleman 8 18 25m lead by rickau 9 20m 10 16 20m lead by Eoin Coleman	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Eoin Coleman
Was at the bottom of the rap in at 7:30, shared ropes with friends on another climb. Made a mess of finding the start until another group showed us the way. We let them go ahead but that gave us a chance to catch our breath after the unnecessary bush bashing. First pitch is hard so if possible bring one bag so the leader has a decent shot, really had to pace myself and manage pump. Found the following pitch a difficult second after this. Some super climbing throughout and the traverse followed by the 20 on the face is excellent. We took about 6.5 hours and brought three litres of water which we found a good amount for us. Sun hit just after traverse pitch at 1ish.
Sat 14th Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Drew Ivison	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	James Harrington
Glorious day out. Planned on doing the link up with RRR but turns out a 4mm tag line is less than ideal for pulling ropes. Next time. Just under 4 hours bottom to the top.
Tue 10th Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with snapgate 1 22 45m lead by davedave 2 20 30m 3 17 40m lead by davedave 4 10 35m 5 17 30m lead by davedave 6 19 50m 7 20 30m lead by davedave 8 18 25m 9 20m	Sport 310m	★★★ Mega Classic	davedave
Dogs dogs dogs, still a lovely day out. 7hrs c2c, 60m/tag, fluid 1.3l/2, pitched. Warm.
Fri 6th Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Tad Karapetian 1 22 45m 2 20 30m 3 17 40m 4 10 35m 5 17 30m 6 19 50m 7 20 30m 8 18 25m 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Patrick Chambers
Such an amazing route, with perfect weather for the day too. Highlights were definitely the first pitch and the traverse. Made pretty good time too, besides me fumbling about trying to preserve the onsight on pitch 1. Just got the sun at about 1pm on the traverse, didn't feel the heat till the walk out.
Wed 4th Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45m 2 20 30m 3 17 40m 4 10 35m 5 17 30m 6 19 50m 7 20 30m 8 18 25m 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Dimsim
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	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Patrick Chambers 1 22 45m 2 20 30m 3 17 40m 4 10 35m 5 17 30m 6 19 50m 7 20 30m 8 18 25m 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Tad Karapetian
What a fantastic day out! Got started around 10am on the actual climb. Patrick the beast onsighted the first pitch. I agree with him that there's good beta that makes it a 22 and not a super difficult pitch. We motored our way through with efficient switches to take advantage of the shade. The sun came around as I smiled on the mega traverse pitch. The next two were just as good but I was worried slightly about my arms cramping with the 5kg back pack on second. Wonderful route
Sun 1st Nov 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Michael Houghton	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Sammy Zammit
Been in the pipeline for a long time. Great to have finally ticked it.
Sun 11th Oct 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Tom Atkinson	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Tim Osborne
Epic day out! Stoked to finally get onto this one! First pitch was pretty stiff at 22.. Was no wind forecast, the rope being blown above my head on the hanging belay above the traverse said otherwise. Definitely added a feeling of exposure 😅
	22	★★★ Hotel California	Sport 330m	★★ Very Good	Maxwell Cullen
Dogged the first pitch because I'm fat and weak but sent the rest. Nice day out.
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Caitlin Schokker 1 22 45m 2 20 30m 3 17 40m 4 10 35m 5 17 30m 6 19 50m 7 20 30m 8 18 25m 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Matt King
Mega stoked to get the full send. Pitch one is way hard for 22. Great day out in perfect weather.
Tue 6th Oct 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Nabor Andariza	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Bert B
Sweet route! Should come back to climb the first pitch clean tho. Amazing traverse and the other 19 and 20 are absolutely fantastic.
Wed 16th Sep 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Harrison Wittke	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Harry Kadi
Classic day out, lots of choss but the exposure and good bits of climbing make up for it! Good to finally tick this off
Sat 29th Aug 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Hayden L	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Mac Labine-Romain
lovely day out, with a bit of everything. worked it takes ~2hours from home to the bottom of pierces pass. highlights were definitely P1 and P6. P10 is a nice top out actually, glad we did the full value option. all clean except a few rests to work out beta on P1
Tue 7th Jul 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Steffen Ha 1 22 45m lead by Steffen Ha 2 20 30m lead by Alec Landstra 3 17 40m lead by Steffen Ha 4 10 35m lead by Alec Landstra 5 17 30m lead by Steffen Ha 6 19 50m lead by Alec Landstra 7 20 30m lead by Steffen Ha 8 18 25m lead by Alec Landstra 9 20m lead by Alec Landstra, Steffen Ha 10 16 20m lead by Alec Landstra	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Alec Landstra
Really awesome climbing!!! Only pitches 5 and 10 were chossy About 6.5 hours car to car
Wed 24th Jun 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Tom Scott	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Harley Mills
Had a silly fall on the crux, all clean otherwise. So nice!
Wed 27th May 2020 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Hanna Kallweit 1 22 45m lead by Jorge 2 20 30m lead by Hanna Kallweit 3 17 40m lead by Jorge 4 10 35m lead by Hanna Kallweit 5 17 30m lead by Jorge 6 19 50m lead by Hanna Kallweit 7 20 30m lead by Jorge 8 18 25m lead by Hanna Kallweit 9 20m lead by Jorge 10 16 20m lead by Hanna Kallweit	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Jorge
LOL! I broke a hold and fell when seconding the last pitch (16). Finished the climb in 6 hours. 8h car to car.
Tue 26th Nov 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Dan Cox	Sport 330m		Alan K
Great day out. Climbed it on half ropes. Spicy traverse and the following pitch are the standouts.
Sat 2nd Nov 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Meredith Apple 1 22 45m lead by Ryan Tranter 2 20 30m lead by Meredith Apple 3 17 40m lead by Ryan Tranter 4 10 35m lead by Meredith Apple 5 17 30m lead by Meredith Apple 6 19 50m lead by Ryan Tranter 7 20 30m lead by Meredith Apple 8 18 25m lead by Ryan Tranter 9 20m lead by Meredith Apple 10 16 20m lead by Meredith Apple	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Ryan Tranter
Great day out with some intoxicating exposure. Loved the traverse!
	22	★★★ Hotel California - with Ryan Tranter	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Meredith Apple
FINALLY! I remember the first time I climbed in the blue mountains I saw that epic Simon carter photo and thought....I want to do that! Sadly I was only climbing 15-16 outdoors at the time so had to wait. Finally! Dream come true. Awesome line, loved the exposure
Tue 29th Oct 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	21 M0 22	★★★ Hotel California	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	Nikhilesh Sharma
Fav pitch: Pitch after the traverse Least fav pitch: First pitch, not due to the climbing but due to MY climbing Fav move: Pitch 2 slab crux Fav belay: Hanging belay on the headwall up top New learning: The art of aid climbing (French freeing) on pitch 1 Something I would do different next time: Haul that bloody bag on pitch 1 Exciting moments: Trying to combine P7 and P8 without enough quickdraws Constant fear factor: Dropping them climbing shoes Scariest moment: Witness a guy use fiddle stick on the Weaselburger abseil Proudest moment: Checking out the emergency bucket. Holyshit there is a lot of stuff in there and I might have added a gourmet chocolate bar that will give guarantee the poor survivors a trip to the dentist.
Sun 27th Oct 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45m 2 20 30m 3 17 40m 4 10 35m 5 17 30m 6 19 50m 7 20 30m 8 18 25m 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Jacob Netherton
Worth doing solely for the traverse pitch.
Sat 19th Oct 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	22	★★★ Hotel California 1 22 45m 2 20 30m 3 17 40m 4 10 35m 5 17 30m 6 19 50m 7 20 30m 8 18 25m 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Classic	James Hockey
Crazy day out, winds started off about 35-40kmh which felt manageable but as soon as we finished pitch 6 a massive storm rolled in. Managed to grit through and top out but the rope got stuck at pitch 7 belay station so I had to gri gri down to rescue it and self belay back up. Took a breather at pitch 9 and finished it. Lesson learnt, respect the weather!!
Mon 7th Oct 2019 - Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Pierces Pass Bunny Bucket Buttress and Hotel California Area
	23	★★★ Hotel California - with Jonathan Rogers 1 23 45m lead by Andrew Chen 2 20 30m lead by Jonathan Rogers 3 17 40m lead by Andrew Chen 4 10 35m lead by Jonathan Rogers 5 17 30m lead by Andrew Chen 6 19 50m lead by Jonathan Rogers 7 20 30m lead by Andrew Chen 8 18 25m lead by Jonathan Rogers 9 20m 10 16 20m	Sport 330m	★★★ Mega Classic	Andrew Chen
What an epic!! Didn't get benighted but holy hell did we get smashed! After the first couple of pitches we got hit by winds probably exceeding 40-50kn, felt like i was going to freeze to death on a 29 degree day. Fatigued to hell trying to hold on in the winds, was even worse on hanging belay getting blown from side to side. Collapsed out on top into the sun. Awesome!

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