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

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. From 1979 to 1983, Gingery climbed with

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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

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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

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style, often

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with no hang-dogging.

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

Video of Gingery on bouldering problem ''How's Your Momma'' in Joshua Tree

References

American rock climbers American female climbers Living people Sportspeople from Los Angeles Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American sportswomen 21st-century American women {{climbing-bio-stub