50 lbs is way too heavy, they really should learn some tricks for packing lighter. 40 lbs is easily do-able. Experienced backpackers can get below 30 or even less.^true story...mr snicks aunt and uncle rented a pair of alpacas to carry their packs/supplies when they went camping/hiking this summer. His uncle has a knee problem and his dr prohibited him from wearing the 50 lb pack they use.
Yeah I'll let you tell him that...otherwise he spend the next hr explaining how everything is necessary and how it fits perfectly into the engineered holder he built for it in his pack50 lbs is way too heavy, they really should learn some tricks for packing lighter. 40 lbs is easily do-able. Experienced backpackers can get below 30 or even less.^true story...mr snicks aunt and uncle rented a pair of alpacas to carry their packs/supplies when they went camping/hiking this summer. His uncle has a knee problem and his dr prohibited him from wearing the 50 lb pack they use.
It actually depends on how long they are camping for and what kind of equipment they have. I have had up to a 70lb pack before on a trips longer than two weeks.... but as the trip went on, the pack got lighter.Yeah I'll let you tell him that...otherwise he spend the next hr explaining how everything is necessary and how it fits perfectly into the engineered holder he built for it in his pack50 lbs is way too heavy, they really should learn some tricks for packing lighter. 40 lbs is easily do-able. Experienced backpackers can get below 30 or even less.^true story...mr snicks aunt and uncle rented a pair of alpacas to carry their packs/supplies when they went camping/hiking this summer. His uncle has a knee problem and his dr prohibited him from wearing the 50 lb pack they use.
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