Sit start just right of the tree on a good edge, now mantle and work up into the easy corner straight above. The mantle is the crux of the climb.

Mob Corner

Hitman

Tragedy of Dusk

Crank

Trigger Happy

Scarface

Rising Tide

The Ripper

Mob Boss

Reward

Illmob

The hardest problem on the Illmob Boulder!  These slopers are all about friction.  Sit start at the base of the slopey arete on the left side of the slab and try as hard as you can to even get off the ground.  Once you're up, toss for the better holds up and left, then follow the slopeyness to the left until topping out at the apex.  Enjoy. 

  Also fun as a stand start.

Slopers, crimps, and fun all around.  This problem heads up a slopey left leaning arete to an easier topout.  On the left side of the Illmob face (the one with spray paint), there is a notch.  This problem climbs the arete on the faintly overhanging side on the left side of the notch.  Sit start with a good sidepull jug and finesse your way up and left on slopers and make a cool move to a crimp (crux).  Stick the lip and topout.

A thin, low-angle face with an interesting high-step and balancy crux.  Stand start with a high left hand crimp, and a small right hand sidepull with good feet.  Pull on, bump right hand up to a good incut crimp, then use your feet on a few little nothings until you can actually free up a hand.  Balance straight up over the bulge to good holds.  Fun moves, more technical than powerful, but rarely climbed and the crimps are a bit sharp.

Sit start as for 'Reward' and make the move up to the loose pinch. Once established on the pinch traverse right on little holds following a seam to a crimp where the seam turns up. Now tackle the crux. Without following the seam any further right make a long move to the lip. Footwork and some creative beta will get you through.

Sit start on slopers and move up and right following slopers and a good sidepull on the face. Once on the slopers with your left and sidepull with your right, get your feet situated and make a hard (crux) move with your right hand to a small crimp on the arete. Once you hit the crimp bring left hand up to another small crimp and work your way to the jug up and right using a couple other small crimps.

Fun holds and good moves.  Great as a warmup or a project.  Stand start as for Tragedy of Dusk with the crimp in the middle of the face.  Traverse right to an obvious groove using good feet, and make use of a large crimp and a cool, sloping hold to get your feet up and stick the juggy lip.  Topout. 

  Variation - V3ish.  Sit start on the Illmob Arete, traverse into Scarface.  The good feet make up for lack of hand holds.

A pretty good climb that would see way more attention if it was down in the Hobbit Hole Area, however up on this boulder it is neglected. 

  Sit start as for Mob Corner, follow the shelf up and link into the crack, follow the crack up and around to top out. Now wasn't that more fun than you thought it would be?

Slopers, non-existent footholds, and the ever present need to squeeze make this a somewhat fun if not frustrating problem that might just make your chest ache.  Stand start on the Illmob face with a good crescent sloper below the crack for your left hand and a bad sloper on the right.  Starting is reach dependent, so shorter climbers might not be able to span the holds, but using the arete is a no-no if you can actually reach that far.  Work the technical feet on micro-edges and smears, then slap up left hand to a slopey sidepull in the short dihedral.  Finish straight up.

Sit start to the right of Hitman, in the seam. Left hand on a big undercling pinch and right hand on whatever works best for you in the seam. Use the good feet, stand up to the obvious pinch above your head, take care when grabbing this hold it is very loose. Grab a little nothing with your right hand, move your feet up grab the lip and top out.

Nearly every problem on this boulder is fun and a great place to warm up or spend the day if you aren't beyond playing on easy-moderate problems.  This problem climbs a short arete next to the trail.  Sit start on a large sidepull with decent feet.  Pull off the ground (crux) to a good left hand sloper.  Continue up the arete a few moves to an easy topout.

The Illmob is an often ignored albeit enjoyable boulder with a great collection of easy to moderate problems as well as a sloper testpiece that necessitates perfect friction.  This boulder is a great spot for a beginner to spend the day or for a more seasoned boulderer to warm up.   Given that there are over a dozen climbs on the boulder, it also provides a decent circuit and a sizeable number of possible linkups.  Dont miss the fun Scarface (V2), the footwork intensive Ripper (V3), or the powerful Mob Boss (V7).

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Routes in The Illmob Boulder