>>2522488>People who make efforts to lower carried weight are simultaneously too weak to hike but also anyone can do it.You're the ultimate strawman argument enthusiast on this board right now. No one has ever stated or implied that lighter packs are not easier to carry. No one has ever stated or implied that you're too weak to hike just because you try to optimize your pack weight.
Yes, lighter packs are always easier to carry, but there are gradations to consider. 14.9 lbs. is technically "easier" to carry than 15 lbs., but only an instrument could measure this difference, and it would have absolutely no discernible affect whatsoever on the person carrying that load in terms of load distribution, calories burned, etc.
Here's what I say: "easier does not always mean significantly easier, and easier isn't always better."
As for your "too weak to hike" strawman, no, you are not too weak to hike; at the same time, though, if +10 lbs. over what you normally carry would completely ruin the experience for you and sap all of your energy by the end of your hike, then you are an out-of-shape-weakling, EVEN IF you are able to complete the hike.
>Just because you're bad at /out/ and need to bring your kitchen sink with you, doesn't mean everyone does.People who actually have goals other than strolling down a pre-blazed popular trail when they go /out/ (such as fishing, hunting, spelunking, climbing, etc.) may need to carry more than a suburbanite ultralight weekend warrior.
If you need to keep to 25-30 lbs. to prevent yourself from collapsing at the end of the day, you are weak, simple as.
