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Eric Batty shares his camping experience on the show today. Eric has won the team 24 hours OCR Championships in Vegas, Set FKTs on many trails including the La Cloche Silhouette Trail in Killarney, raced mountain bike at an elite/pro level for many years and now works as an Arborist (he climbs up trees all day!)

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camping - basic skills,

tents = shelter systems - reliable (rain, winds, thunderstorms) - often too warm sleep for summer, - sleep mat = close cell (T