Tioman Climbing Guidebook

Area F · above Bagus Place

Bagus Tower

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An obvious tower above the end of the Bagus Place road. Both its routes and both its topos come from a single French–Malaysian party in October 2015, and survive only as photographs of a logbook page.

From the route book
The hand-drawn All Along the Watchtower topo, photographed from the Mukut logbook (source page 26).
The hand-drawn All Along the Watchtower topo, photographed from the Mukut logbook (source page 26).
Bagus Tower / Hippies Tonic — logbook topo (route book source page 27).
Bagus Tower / Hippies Tonic — logbook topo (route book source page 27).
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Approach
End of the Bagus Place road, then ~1 h
Aspect
South
Height
300 m
Condition
Trail cut in 2015 — expect regrowth

Routes

Ordered as the source records them. Grades keep their original system. Compare across areas in the route finder.

Route Grade Length Pitches First ascent
All Along the Watchtower ★★★ 6a+ 300 m 10 Timothée Guillon, Shaiful Amin, Nicolas Gay
2015 Hippies Tonic ★★ 5a/b 90 m 3 Timothée Guillon & Nicolas Gay
2015