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.
[3] Gingery competed at sport climbing competition events, placing highly.
[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.