Tioman Climbing Guidebook

Dragon's Horns — South Tower

Naga

★★★★

6b+ 270 m · 8 pitches
First ascent
Fizi Ishak, Aril Hasril, Dorge @ Apek Langit Biru, Da Liu (Liu Yong)
Year
2017
Approach
Hillview Lodge → CP7, then left and up. Start at a tree marked “BC”
Descent
Walk the summit trail / abseil the line
Topo of Naga
Naga — photo topo, the purple line with belay stations (route book source page 69).
Pitches
  1. P8 5b–5c — Technical scramble into the upper jungle, then the trail
  2. P7 6a —
  3. P6 6b+ — Crux — committing mantle, long runout to the anchor
  4. P5 6a+ — Bushy ground with a big tree
  5. P4 6a — Loose rock
  6. P3 6a+ — Bolt line right of a dirty crack; loose rock
  7. P2 5c — Easy climbing rightwards, then straight up
  8. P1 6a — Small crack; first bolt 5 m up, then the overhang

Character

“The Dragon”. Possibly the first locally bolted multipitch on the island with a Chinese climber on the team. A straight line, mostly bolted face climbing with cracks and trees left natural. Visible from CP9.

Gear

1 set of cams, 10 alpine draws, 1 × 70 m or 2 × 50 m ropes, 2 L water each.

Loose rock on pitches 3 and 4. Flagged by both the first and second ascent parties.

Remote and committing. Emergency contact Tam Haja +60 12-919 0785 — rescue info.

Logbook & trip reports

From the Mukut logbook Naga (龍) — the first ascent Fizi Ishak, Aril Hasril, Dorge @ Apek Langit Biru, Da Liu (Liu Yong) · 8 April 2017 "The Dragon" → "Naga" 龍 — 270 m, 6B+, 8 pitches. First Ascent: Fizi Ishak, Aril Hasril, Dorge @ Apek Langit Biru, Da Liu (Liu Yong), 08 April 2017. This might be the first local bo
Article · external link Naga — Scaling the Dragon’s Horns NUS Mountaineering (nus-mir.com) · 2026 Film · external link Naga (6b/+) — Dragon’s Horns, Tioman YouTube Film · external link Naga — Tioman Island: “Scaling Dragons” YouTube Featuring Dani Boy & support team. Linked from the route book (source page 64).