>>1411830Lightweight, shoe-string budget expeditions to the Himalayas go as far back as the late 19th century, with Albert F. Mummery's ill-fated Nanga Parbat expedition being a well-known example. Some other mountaineers that pioneered lightweight are Bill Tilman & Eric Shipton (Nanda Devi, Everest), Hermann Buhl (Broad Peak, Chogolisa) etc. Although in the past large military style siege expeditions were favoured over lightweight alpine style ones the latter are pretty much standard now.
