I'm new to the community and thought a little activity on the community couldn't hurt!
I am a pretty large guy (6'2", 240lbs) who's also pushing 50. As much as I'd like to do ultralight, I struggle to keep my base weight around 20lbs because I need large gear and sleeping on the ground is not that sexy for me. Plus... I have a chair because sitting on the ground is about as unsexy as sleeping on the ground is. I started off with a 50+lb pack and have gotten better gear as I've gotten more into backpacking.
I've done the CA section of PCT and now I do section hikes on the AT as I live on the east coast now. My trail name is JoePaca, and if you've seen me at a camp, I'm pretty easy to remember.
I'm happy to give honest opinions on any of the gear in my list, but I'm pretty happy with all of it.
Him wearing merch during dignified transfer pissed off a lot of people. Fox aired footage of a previous transfer where he wasn't wearing merch and had to correct it and apologize. Even a few of his cult members are starting to notice