30 July 2020, 2:50pm Professional climber Malaysian Eddie and KY made it to the top of The Elephant Wall a.k.a Bukit Tabur Extreme via southern vertical rock face made it a record of first free climb on the wall. The place is accessible to the top via hiking trail on the north face for hikers.
The climbs started from 9am at the base of elevation around 300m, by using approach of free climbing style with natural protection gears Piton,CAM and Slings, recorded 6 pitch total length over 100m from starting vertical rock face to bushes at last section. climbing detail as below
Base Elevation: 300m ++
Peak Elevation: 400m ++
Route name: Elephant Trunk
Start from base to top: 9am to 2:50pm
1st Pitch - first 7m rock has more vegetation, not good for protection, 1st piton protection placed 7m off the ground.
length: 30m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 3 piton, 2 CAM
Anchor: 1 nut, 1 piton and 1 hanger bolt
2nd Pitch
length: 15m-20m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 1 piton, 4 CAM
Anchor: 2 piton
3rd Pitch - bad rocks start, climbed unprotected for over 10m, look for tree protection
length: 25m - 30m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 1 piton, 1 CAM, 1 sling on tree
Anchor: sling on 2 tree
4th Pitch - short traverse, from here onward started to have more bushes
length: 13m - 15m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 1 CAM, 1 sling on tree
Anchor: sling on tree
5th Pitch - zip zap
climb the rock face on the right, good cracks for 1st CAM, climb over the rock and start the bushes climbs
length: 28 - 35m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 1 CAM, 3 sling on tree
Anchor: sling on tree
6th Pitch - bushes all the way to top
length: 15m - 20m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 1 sling on tree
Anchor: sling on tree
The climbs started from 9am at the base of elevation around 300m, by using approach of free climbing style with natural protection gears Piton,CAM and Slings, recorded 6 pitch total length over 100m from starting vertical rock face to bushes at last section. climbing detail as below
Base Elevation: 300m ++
Peak Elevation: 400m ++
Route name: Elephant Trunk
Start from base to top: 9am to 2:50pm
1st Pitch - first 7m rock has more vegetation, not good for protection, 1st piton protection placed 7m off the ground.
length: 30m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 3 piton, 2 CAM
Anchor: 1 nut, 1 piton and 1 hanger bolt
2nd Pitch
length: 15m-20m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 1 piton, 4 CAM
Anchor: 2 piton
3rd Pitch - bad rocks start, climbed unprotected for over 10m, look for tree protection
length: 25m - 30m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 1 piton, 1 CAM, 1 sling on tree
Anchor: sling on 2 tree
4th Pitch - short traverse, from here onward started to have more bushes
length: 13m - 15m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 1 CAM, 1 sling on tree
Anchor: sling on tree
5th Pitch - zip zap
climb the rock face on the right, good cracks for 1st CAM, climb over the rock and start the bushes climbs
length: 28 - 35m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 1 CAM, 3 sling on tree
Anchor: sling on tree
6th Pitch - bushes all the way to top
length: 15m - 20m (estimated)
Protection gears used: 1 sling on tree
Anchor: sling on tree