Hiking, skipping rocks through fresh waters, and s’mores by a crackling fire—but rather than ghost stories, there are scary stories about the shared perils of big city dating in your 30s. Arguably the the biggest wellness trend to come out of this past summer? Sleep-away camp for grown-ups.

As technology brings us further from each other and ourselves, more people are attempting to make new friends and date the good old-fashioned way. We’ve seen a growing popularity of meeting people in person via social clubs like run clubs and IRL event series, but sometimes weekly meetups aren’t enough. So, they’re going camping with strangers.

“People come. They come alone, they come skeptical, they come scared, and they come curious,” Michael Washington, founder of the modern nature enthusiast group

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