The much anticipated and much hyped ‘back to basics’ overnight camp came off on the 29^th October, 2011. About 50 students, who had registered for the experience, spent the night in an abandoned structure on the same hill as Ashesi. The idea was to have students go back to the basics and spend a night without the electronic gadgets we are all attached to, and it did just that. The camping location was virtually in the middle of nowhere, and had no running water and electricity. All the students were surrounded by were the lush adjoining mountains, and a magnificent view of the Accra and Tema metropolis and their environs, which was really spectacular once it was dark and the city lit up. To get there, most students hitched on the back of the truck that carried their luggage to the place. On getting there, the new campers explored their new environment in the bushes. Despite the approaching darkness, they decided to go in search of a river on the other side of an adjoining mountain, which was another experience. When it was dark, a bonfire was set up and wick kerosene lamps were lit to provide light. For dinner, they had kenkey and sausages cooked over charcoal. After eating, most people just sat around the fire telling ghost stories and eating marshmallows roasted over the bonfire, while others sat around talking and getting to know new people and having other activities on their own. Later on, a generator was powered to enable students watch a scary movie. During this time a group of campers who decided not to watch the movie but continue with the scary stories made two futile attempts to scare those watching the movie. To prevent people from sleeping off too early, sophomore George Neequaye started taking pictures of the first people to sleep. This kept most people awake for a long time.

In the morning, after cleaning up and going around for one last time, they came and talked about the whole experience before finally hiking back to school.

The camp is a second adventure initiative to be organized by Ashesi sophomore student, Felix Tetteh. The first was a hiking expedition across the Berekuso hills to the footprints of legendary chief priest Okomfo Anokye.