Introduction
Mari Gingery is an American climber. She has climbed in much of the Western United States particularly Joshua Tree, The Needles and Yosemite.
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. Hill cites her as a significant influence on her climbing.
Gingery competed at sport climbing competition events, placing highly.
Gingery wrote one of the first guidebooks to focus only on bouldering in 1993 - Joshua Tree Bouldering: Joshua Tree National Park. She also contributed to John Long's movie Rock Climbing: The Art Of Leading.
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.
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