Pro tip: a guy at the REI class said to stop guessing my pack weight by feel
I always loaded my pack by vibes and swore it was around 30 lbs, but he had me weigh each item on a $12 kitchen scale and my "light" setup was actually 41 lbs. Now I lay everything out in a spreadsheet before a trip and cut a full 9 lbs off by ditching duplicates. Anyone else get called out on pack weight and have a system that actually sticks?