I'm wondering what a realistic base weight is for my trip. I'm looking at around 20 pounds base weight, and of course, that doesn't include food or water. :-/ I can't weigh everything (because I don't have an accurate scale that will weigh lighter things), but I've added up everything that I can manage to find a weight for. I can't find weights for things like my zip off pants or down jacket, for instance, but I've got the weights for things like my pack, sleeping bag and pad, headlamp, trekking poles, gps, camera...

Anyway, I'll be leaving on a Sunday morning and hiking out on a Friday afternoon. Weather could be unpredictable. Elevations from 5 to 10k feet.

I know that others in my group may take the group items to help me keep my weight down.

Any rough guidance as to what's a realistic goal? I know this was touched upon a little in another thread, but I thought I'd see if I could get some more thoughts on this specifically...

Thanks.