I am a weight weenie. While the law of diminishing returns does apply to the process of lightening your pack, years of mountain SAR taught me that searching out lightweight, functional (key word) gear was well worth the effort. Lighter equipment may or may not be more expensive.
The best way for any person to be a weight weenie is to lose some body lbs. There are not many people that cannot afford to do this. It would take a lot of expensive TI and other lightweight gear to make up for 5 -10 lbs of lost body weight...not to mention the obvious health benefits.
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Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.
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