#therefore the remaining 3-8lbs for me would be water and food

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i need to pick up backpacking as a hobby <- is watching adventurearchives on youtube again

#NO BC HIKING IS MY FAVE THING #and i love remote places!! mountains!! forests!! #and so many of these places cant be reached in one day. so i must backpack #this would be a very expensive hobby for me just to get the gear i need to not die..... #like yes theres cheap stuff out there but like. i am so small and weak that the only way i can carry all my own stuff #is if i go in with the fancy ultralight expensive stuff #because i just physically couldnt carry the rest #i did go backpacking last december and enough time has passed that i can now say i had fun #but my bag was wayyy too heavy for me and not suited to my body shape (straps didnt fit me right and put undue stress on me and bruised me) #and that was when i was only carrying half my stuff...my dad carried the other major things #so. expensive hobby! #anyway i get a $125 REI giftcard yearly as a health insurance perk so. one year at a time babey #according to percentages my pack would have to weight between 13-18lbs so as to not overload me. #and ultralight backpacker is less than 10lbs base weight #therefore the remaining 3-8lbs for me would be water and food #otherwise i would NOT be able to carry it