I agree. I was into hiking/backpacking before hunting so when I got into this, I already had a bunch of lightweight gear(my base weight for backpacking is around 9lbs, without food or water). Hunting is inherently heavier, but there is no reason why you should be lugging 50+lbs of gear into the wilderness. A lot of the folks that do this are also the ones that want the lightest weight gun.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for shedding weight wherever possible... but the rifle itself is the least efficient way to spend the money. We live in a time where you can get a 6.5 pound or less rifle for under $700. A lot of them come with accuracy guarantees. Are they a Kimber or other custom? Of course not, but can that $2,000 rifle kill something more dead than the $700 rifle that shoots just as good? Is a pound of weight difference really worth $1,300? or more?