alcoholic beverages

I'm 17. Let's be reasonable, the alcoholic beverages would probably be the only reason I would ever go camping in the first place...

This is definitely not necessary, but definitely worthwhile.

Might bring a little to toast some success, but not essential to good camping fun. Besides, the animals will run from you faster if you reek of booze, rather that just of your normal aroma. :)

Recently got into a disagreement with the lady. . .she's a nature purist and so am I. . .as long as I can bring beer into the woods. . .

I was never one for camping, but during my teenaged years, I moved from urban north NJ to rural central Jersey, and became friendly with 2 guys who were very much into camping (as it turned out, only one of the guys was an experienced camper). They decided they wanted to go camping in the middle of winter, with 2 or 3 feet of snow on the ground, the weather frigid, and because I was lonely and didn't know anybody, I agreed to go with them. Big, BIG mistake. The one guy who supposedly knew all about camping said we could dig a trench in the 3 or 4 feet of snow, set a tarp up above it, and we would be very warm when we went to sleep. We cooked something in a contraption he called a "dutch over" and we drank a ton of booze while listening to a Meatloaf tape (he was new at the time, and I was NOT a fan, but the copious amounts of booze and the drunken fellowship somehow made him more palatable to me). When we finally lay down to drunkenly repose in our snow-and-ice-insulated sleeping space... Read more

Bugger camping. These are essential everywhere.

Something high-test  like Baccardi 151 Proof, so that you can maximize your enjoyment without carrying a lot of bulk and the 151 proof is great for stasrting the fire too.  Camping tip: Rum and Hot Chocolate are tasy together, if you drink enough of it.

At least one cooler had such drinks in them when I go.

hum......you cannot go camping without the alcoholic beverages...

Isn't this why people go camping?

I'll do without them.