{"id":840339,"date":"2026-09-21T12:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/840339\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:12:23","slug":"camping-vs-beer-which-is-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/840339\/","title":{"rendered":"Camping vs. Beer: Which is Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Sweet Sixteen round of the Best Things Ever Tournament at Blazer\u2019s Edge rounds the halfway mark today. By the end of tomorrow we\u2019ll know our Elite Eight participants. Before then, we have two days of voting to engage in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For those who haven\u2019t kept up, we started with 64 pretty cool items from everyday life sorted into a March Madness bracket. Each day we offer two articles, each with a choice between two of those things. You vote for which one you think is best by any criteria you choose. The winner advances, the loser goes home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blazersedge.com\/trail-blazers-discussion-game-threads\/116253\/say-goodbye-to-the-biggest-cinderella-hubble-telescope-spouses-best-things-ever\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">other matchup today<\/a> might be a foregone conclusion, this one is sure to stir up some controversy. The two items are related, but not interchangeable. They\u2019re both enjoyed by many, but they\u2019re optional pastimes with devoted followings. And most all of us have tried them at one point or another, if not fallen in love with their charms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">This head-to-head matchup asks you to choose between Camping and Beer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Camping is tons of fun and fairly simple to do. Get a tent, a sleeping bag, and any additional gear you care to bring\u2014anything from backpacks and fishing poles to boats or a whole RV. Reserve a spot (still fairly affordable compared to most travel expenses) and head out into the wilderness. A fire and a few S\u2019Mores later\u2026you and the family just had a surprising amount of fun! And a knot in your back from sleeping on a root.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Then there\u2019s beer. Fermented grains, some yeast, some magic that only brewmasters understand, and you have a carbonated, flavorful way to spend time around friends. Like camping, it can go wrong. (Everybody\u2019s had somebody\u2019s \u201cMy first attempt at an IPA\u201d. But when it goes right, it\u2019s memorable and amazing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It\u2019s a tough matchup, but we have to choose. What will it be for you, camping or beer? Vote for one in the comments below and share your reasoning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sweet Sixteen round of the Best Things Ever Tournament at Blazer\u2019s Edge rounds the halfway mark today.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3784],"tags":[7,601,6,687,471,63976,3967,1617],"class_list":["post-840339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-portland-trail-blazers","tag-basketball","tag-blazers","tag-nba","tag-portland","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-portland-trail-blazers-discussion","tag-portlandtrailblazers","tag-trail-blazers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117308970964651217","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}