My first camping trip in 1992.Just me and a friend,in a Pontiac Fiero,two sleeping bags,one tent,one knife,one lantern,a radio a pretty much the clothes on our back. After two days we realized that we were totally unprepared for anything-then it downpoured that night,the whole night.No tarp,no ponchos-we did however have a package of pork roll(no grill)so we cooked on top of the propane lantern-it worked-but we had no bread of any kind.We hiked a lot,managed to make a fire before the rain came and still had fun-so I still go camping today.When you're young
you don't think ahead-my friends and I have learned since then and for me,I just started to apply the lessons(little by little) to daily life.
PS-we did have duck tape-which we used on the tent when it leaked.