Mouse, you are certainly an inspiration, coming back from such a severe knee injury in your 70's!

On my last backpack (just an overnight) my pack all-inclusive weighed between 25 and 30 pounds. You wrote somewhere that you are sub-20 pounds for an overnight? Do you have your gear list on here somewhere? I am similar to you in that I am a cold sleeper and need a bit of comfort at night, and I would love to shed 5 or 10 pounds off the pack!