Mari Gingery

Mari Gingery is an American climber. She has climbed in much of the Western United States particularly Joshua Tree, The Needles and Yosemite.[1]

Mari Gingery
Personal information
ResidenceLos Angeles and Joshua Tree
Climbing career
Known forfirst female-only ascent of The Shield on El Capitan
First ascentsmany in Joshua Tree and Western USA
Updated on 21 April 2013.

From 1979-83 Gingery climbed with Lynn Hill every weekend in Yosemite, completing an ascent of The Nose and then the first female-only ascent of The Shield on El Capitan over a period of six days.[2] Hill cites her as a significant influence on her climbing.[3]

Gingery competed at sport climbing competition events, placing highly.[4][5]

Gingery wrote one of the first guidebooks to focus only on bouldering in 1993 - Joshua Tree Bouldering: Joshua Tree National Park.[1] She also contributed to John Long's movie Rock Climbing: The Art Of Leading.[6]

She lives both in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree with Mike Lechlinski with whom she frequently climbs, performing many first ascents in traditional style, often on-sight with no hang-dogging.[1]

Selected first ascents
  • Big Moe: 5.11- (6b+/6c) - 1980
  • Witch Hunt: 5.10b (6a+) - 1980
  • Popular Mechanics: 5.9 (5c) -1977
  • White Trash 5.11+ (6c+/7a) - 1991
  • Invisibility Lessons: 5.9 (5c) - 1978
  • Bighorn Dihedral: 5.10b (6a+) - 1982
  • Elephant Walk - Joshua Tree: 5.11d (7a) - 1988

References
  1. "History -Climber Profile- Mari Gingery". joshuatreeclimb.com. 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. Amatt, Bernadette; Amatt, John, eds. (2000). "Journeys on the rock (Lynn Hill)". Voices from the Summit: The World's Great Mountaineers on the Future of Climbing. Seattle, WA: Adventure Press, National Geographic, in association with the Banff Centre for Mountain Culture. pp. 109–113. ISBN 978-0-7922-7958-7.
  3. "Legends: Lynn Hill | Climbing". climbing.com. 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. "Where Is Edlinger?". d526948.u28.hostdone.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  5. "FRENCH DOMINATE CLIMBING MEET AT SNOWBIRD / BUT U.S. CLIMBERS ARE IMPROVING | Deseret News". deseretnews.com. 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  6. "Rock Climbing Media Reviews: Books, Movies, and more". chockstone.org. 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.


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