Atomic Arms is an old classic of the pioneer days of Malaysian climbing. This route has seen a rebolting process around 20 years ago when the old philips insert bolts got replaced by expansion anchors. However, most of those expansion bolts were beyond expiry date, some of them seriously rusted.
With respect to the historical significance of this awesome line and fitting to the name we used titanium bolts and a titanium rams horn for the upgrade.
We also managed to remove the old piton, which was placed a bit off line. There is still a weird hexagon bolt hammered into a hole, which we could not remove ( we will need to grind it off).
We decided to place the bolts a bit differently to avoid the strenuous clip at the 3rd ( former ) bolt, which per se made it to be the crux. Now the climbing and protection is a bit more straight forward with a bit a longer run out though.
The route is a true marvel and features some of the hardest limestone on this planet ( it took one full battery to drill the anchor!)
Right hand side of the wall. Runs up into the chimney (follow the old pitons) then left onto a stance. From there goes straight up to the crack that runs up the right side of the face all the way to the tree at the top. Requires friends and threads and has good protection.
