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 Name: Sharik Walker
Nationality: Australian
Age: 21
Height: Taller than Matty Wrigley
Weight: Light
Sponsors: Vertical Reality Climbing Gym
Hardest Problem: Under Siege V14.

Name: Matty Wrigley
Nationality: Australian
Age: 28
Height: Short
Weight: 64kg
Job: Student
Sponsors: Whippet Mountain Gear
Hardest Problem: Pretty Hate Machine V14.

Name: James Scarborough
Nationality: Australian
Age: 20
Height: 1.82m or 5'11½"
Weight: 68kg
Job: Student
Sponsors: Uncarved Block, Mountain Designs, The Climbing Centre
Hardest Problem: Ammagamma V13, Special Delivery V12,
Contact V12, Killer Dwarf V12, Abacus V12.

Name: Sam Edwards
Nationality: Australian
Age: 23
Height: 1.83m or 6'0"
Weight: 77kg
Job: Bouldering Bum
Sponsors: Scarpa, Edelrid, Cordless, Pusher, S7
Hardest Problem: Goldfish Trombone V13, Happys, California, USA
and Crown of Aragorn V13, Hueco Tanks, Texas, USA.

Name: Chris Ellis
Nationality: Australian
Age: 20 [just turned!]
Height: 1.81m or 5'11"
Weight: 67kg
Job: Bouldering Bum
Sponsors: 5.10 (Europe)
Hardest Problem: La Loup Magnifique 8a (V11), Sweden
Name: Tim O'Neill (care of www.powerband.org.nz)
Nationality: Australian
Age: 29, not quite 30 .... yet!
Height: 1.85m or 6'1"
Weight: 67kg...seriously! You should see how skinny my legs are
Job: Perpetual student...this is my 10th year of tertiary study!
Sponsors: No one sponsors 30 year old boulderers that don't compete
Hardest Problem: Probably L'homme obu V11, Balkans, Sydney
Name: Fred Nicole
Nationality: Switzerland
Age: 30
Height: 1.80m or 5'11"
Weight: 76kg
Job: Professional boulderer/climber
Sponsors: One Sport, PraNa, Arc’ teryx, and Metolious