If you're lucky enough, sometime in your college career, you will be invited to partake in the debauchery that is a fraternity's mountain weekend. When I was asked, I honestly didn't know what to expect, so I turned to every girl's guide to everything frat - TSM. However, what I read there didn't prepare me for what the weekend actually turned out to be. Here are a couple of helpful suggestions for all those newbies ready to take on one of the best weekends of their lives.
1. Pack like you're training to be a hobo.
I was worried that I needed to pack cute clothes to "out-cute" all the other girls there, but fret not! Every other female is just as lazy as you are and this is the only excuse we really have to wear our oldest leggings with the holes in them, our dad's flannel, and our thickest pair of socks our grandma knit us last Christmas. Boys and girls alike seem to accept the fact that once you're in the mountains, there's no need for makeup and looking good...some don't even shower (but you should).
2. Pack snacks like you'll be gone for a month.
Boys like to buy weird combinations of food like milk and sugar to make spontaneous tres leche cake but seem to forget we need things to actually sustain us. I don't think I'll ever eat another taquito in my life again, but I do know how to work some queso and chips into a three course meal.
3. It's not all crazy partying.
Yes, the majority of the weekend was indeed spent into a state of oblivion by most, but for those of us who tend to already be retired grandmas, there was always the option to just snuggle up and watch some "Scooby Doo." I guarantee there will be at least one girl in your cabin down to just chill, instead of going to watch weird boys do weird things.
4. Boys. Are. Weird.
I'm not sure how most of us will end up living the rest of our lives under the same roof as another male, but just be prepared to see the strangest of activities that weekend. They think it's fun to throw things off the balcony and swim in nasty lakes to "impress the ladies," and sometimes they put glow sticks in stuffed raccoons, but who are we to judge?
5. You will establish super close friendships in the mere two days you spend in the mountains.
Nothing says friendship like sharing a hot tub the size of a queen sized bed with 20 of your closest new friends. Who needs room to breathe when you can feel some dude's hairy leg touch yours, while simultaneously have your nose stuffed in someone's armpit? Thoughts of bears and potential serial killers will create a bond that will last a lifetime... or until the next mountain weekend at least!
As someone who is not the biggest fan of partying, I highly, highly recommend experiencing a mountain weekend at some point of your life - even if you come back smelling like a rat that just crawled out of a sewer.
