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My backpacking rig for spring through fall is about 27-28 lbs with food and fuel for 5 days and 2 liters of water.
In my former life as a professional mountaineering guide, my pack (which had the additions of an extra rope, an emergency bivy sack and the full medical kit) was just over 50 lbs.
As a rule of thumb, you're going to be pretty unhappy carrying more than 1/3 of your body weight. You guys referencing 80lb packs are masochists.
Packing in all of the water you're going to use will suck... find a water source and use a pump or iodine (some use bleach). Can you do some mule packing as an alternative? You're going to need at least 2 gallons of fluid per person per day. 3 days X 2 guys X 2 gallons = about 100 lbs of water.
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Grant
In the stable: 1938 Buick Special model 41, 1963 Solex 2200, 1973 Vespa Primavera 125, 1974 Vespa Rally 200, 1986 VW Vanagon Syncro Westfalia, 1989 VW Doka Tristar, 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser, 2011 Pursuit 315 OS, 2022 Tesla Y
Gone but not forgotten: 1973 VW Beetle, 1989 Porsche 944, 2008 R56 Mini Cooper S
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