>>2078927The reason seasoned backpackers don't do this is because an 80 liter pack is going to weigh 5 or 6 pounds, just for the pack. If you have 30 liters of gear and food, then it should all fit in the pack. The trap's pack in
>>2078533 is fucked up because his big three pieces of gear (shelter, sleeping bag and sleeping pad) are all on the outside of his pack--not a single one of them fit into his pack. One wonders exactly WHAT is actually inside the pack, then.
You can easily fit a tarp or tarptent shelter, a down sleeping bag, inflatable pad, a week's worth of food and all the necessary clothes for 20-90 degree F conditions inside a 35 liter pack.