Favorite climb
The Arrowhead Arete, Yosemite
Height
700 ft.
Coordinates
37°43'42.9"N 119°38'09.9"W
“Every problem can have multiple solutions. To see them you have to look at the big picture overall. Don’t limit yourself to just one route.”
I won my first competition back in 2010 at the Mountain West Regional Championships held at Moab, Utah. Sending a 5.13a sport route in a single attempt earned me first place in the Men’s division. Before then, I’d received 1st and 2nd place at a few youth competitions. 2010 was my entry into the big leagues. A couple months after Moab, Utah, I traveled to El Paso, TX for the National Championships. I got second place by sending a 5.13c sport route in two attempts.
In 2012, I won first place in the Nationals held at Acadia National Park, Maine by flashing a V12 bouldering problem. It was my first time visiting the East Coast and I was glad to have been used to Jackson Hole’s more humid weather. I think that gave me an advantage that climbers from drier regions didn’t have. In 2015 I entered my first international competition in Cochamó, Patagonia, Chile. I didn’t place, but plan to for the 2016 championship in Krabi, Thailand.
About Gardenia
My name is Gardenia Rosario, better known as “Gigi Rosario” and I am a jewelry designer based in New York.I see myself as an artist who is passionate about unconventional materials, textures, and the accumulations of these. It is very important for me to gather materials and physical inspirations myself to reference their past and history and natural form.
Another factor that is very distinctive of my work is the emphasis on the embellishment of women, their head and hair in particular. I have a passion for the female upper body and head pieces with “crown-like” quality and jewelry are empowering to me.
“I want my work to exist as an adornment, to be her crown, her hair, her pride, her beauty, to be my beauty.”