Mari Gingery

Mari Gingery is an American climber. She has climbed in much of the Western United States particularly Joshua Tree, The Needles and Yosemite. 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: – 1980 Witch Hunt: – 1980 Popular Mechanics: – 1977 White Trash – 1991 Invisibility Lessons: – 1978 Bighorn Dihedral: – 1982 Elephant Walk - Joshua Tree: – 1988