Climbing career | |
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Known for | First female-only ascent of The Shield on El Capitan |
First ascents | Many in Joshua Tree and Western USA |
Updated on 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]