You'll actually be carrying 20 lbs thereabouts - water will be the heaviest thing in the pack and 1.5-2 lbs of food per day will also have to be in there somewhere... and if you travel into bear canister required territory, add two pounds.

You could save a couple ounces on that pack by going with one of the cuben models like the ones at Zpacks. smile
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