Well, I am planning to take my boyfriend on his first backpacking trip this weekend. It will be a short overnight (10 miles total). I hope I do not encounter some of the same problems! He is fit, but has not backpacked before. He is also notorious for being cold when I am not - insists that having the heat in the house set on 67 is "freezing." We are taking the dog too (who has been backpacking before), so I suppose he can try to shove her into the sleeping bag for extra warmth. We're in East Texas - temps are supposed to be around 40*F overnight. He is going to use my old pack, and hopefully we don't run into too many problems with fit. I am going to try to keep the weights light; since it is just overnight, I think we should be ok. Here's hoping it is not a miserable weekend!!