| Climbing career | |
|---|---|
| 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]
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
External links
References
- ^ a b c "History -Climber Profile- Mari Gingery". joshuatreeclimb.com. 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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". deseretnews.com. 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ "Rock Climbing Media Reviews: Books, Movies, and more". chockstone.org. 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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