I Went To Summer Camp For Adults, And It Was Like A Frat Party On Steroids

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Susana Ho celebrates her Flip Cup semifinal win at Club Getaway.

More than one million adults attend camp each year, looking to relive their childhood memories or experience a summertime tradition for the first time.

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While kids' camp attendance has declined in recent decades, forcing many organizations to shutter their cabins and sell off their land, the number of camps for grown-ups has swelled faster than a mosquito bite, totaling 800 in all. That's an estimated 10% increase a year over the last 10 years, according to The Wall Street Journal.

And when campfire s'mores and sing-alongs are mixed with "flip cup" tournaments and a bunch of singles cavorting to DJ music, the result is a rowdy sleepaway camp experience unlike the one you may remember from childhood.

I recently attended Club Getaway in Kent, Connecticut, which hosts more than 10,000 adult campers annually, to see what all the buzz is about.