Travelling and hiking with a friend all over Ireland and Scotland. We were carrying something like 65 pounds each, stuff like 2 pairs of jeans, pots and pans, several days of food, a large Bleuet stove (not collapsible smirk ) and a HUGE borrowed (we had no money...) tent for four people, all cotton and steel poles weighting some 20 pounds cry...
This was september/october, the weather was absolute crap most of the time, foam mats were still unheard of, the tent was drenched and even heavier...but this trip was great!
I was nearly camping for the first time, and still I enjoyed it enormously.