One cold and dreary April morning, twelve young and eager campers set off from Chadbourne Residential College at the University of Wisconsin in Madison to take part in a challenge of wits, strength, courage, and survival.
The twelve campers were headed for Devil's Lake State Park outside of Baraboo, WI for 24 hours of hardcore camping. They'd earned the trip by finishing a close second to Team Blue in the Chadbourne Olympics earlier in the year and now they were getting their reward.
Armed with enough food to feed a small army and four "waterproof" tents, they boarded a 78 passenger bus nicknamed The Rocket by its driver.
On the trip to the park, it began to rain, and then snow, and then hail. Things were looking down for the group. Arriving at their campsite, the campers were faced with this one last question, "Should we stay, or should we go?"
The not-so-happy campers were not about to let Mother Nature ruin things so they unpacked their belongings and sent the bus away. The next 24 hours would be spent surviving. With two of the four tents broken and useless, and the ground as wet as Devil's Lake itself, the campers flourished.
When it was over, all twelve escaped fairly unharmed. Morales were still high and everyone was happy it was over and ready for a warm shower and some major sleep...and with that Shitty Camping was born.
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