| Knownfor | First female-only ascent of The Shield on El Capitan |
|---|---|
| Firstascents | Many in Joshua Tree and Western USA |
| Updated | 21 April 2013 |
Mari Gingery is an American climber. She has climbed in much of the Western United States particularly Joshua Tree, The Needles and Yosemite.[1]
From 1979 to 1983, 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: – 1980
- Witch Hunt: – 1980
- Popular Mechanics: – 1977
- White Trash – 1991
- Invisibility Lessons: – 1978
- Bighorn Dihedral: – 1982
- Elephant Walk - Joshua Tree: – 1988
External links
References
- ^ "History -Climber Profile- Mari Gingery". joshuatreeclimb.com. 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ "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. 2000. pp. 109–113. ISBN 978-0-7922-7958-7.
- ^ "Legends: Lynn Hill | Climbing". climbing.com. 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ "Where Is Edlinger?". d526948.u28.hostdone.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ "FRENCH DOMINATE CLIMBING MEET AT SNOWBIRD / BUT U.S. CLIMBERS ARE IMPROVING". Deseret News. 2013. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ "Rock Climbing Media Reviews: Books, Movies, and more.". chockstone.org. 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.