However, in her study of Victorian mountaineering, Ann Colley suggests that gender discrimination was more overt at lower elevations and in regular life than at higher elevations, such as in the Himalaya.
Porén, no seu estudo sobre o montañismo na época Vitoriana, Ann Colley suxeriu que a discriminación por xénero era máis aberta a baixas altitudes e na vida diaria que nas grandes altitudes, coma as do Himalaia.