Eagle twins become some of the few Boy Scouts to earn every merit badge

The Boy Scouts of America was founded 109 years ago and in that time only an estimated 450 Scouts have

earn

ed the 137

merit

badge

s. Now two brothers here in the Treasure Valley have joined that exclusive club. Our Shira Max Misawa spoke to them and now he is here with his safe journey Gretchen what makes this journey even more special is the fact that those brothers are

twins

and what they have accomplished is just under 1% of all Eagle Scouts who have reportedly made antara Eagle

twins

Tyler and Blake Nelson have joined an exclusive club. Accomplishing

some

thing few have done, they have

earn

ed

every

single

merit

badge

offered by the Boy Scouts of America, that is, 137 merit badges in total.

Scout Honor Merit Badges are simply a great way to explore different careers. They are a really great way to help you.

become

a better leader, we have rock climbed, explored kayaking, mining in society, geology, radio programming, trucking and the list goes on, we like to think about it as we have been climbing this mountain for four years and we have reached Many people have been on top or not before and that shows us that we can do difficult things if we work hard. As you know, we can always reach the top of one of our goals.

The 15-year-olds have been working toward the goal for four years. years his first badge earned was for music and his final badge dog care dog care we have a dog to do it says you need to take care of a dog and feed it and clean it and you know, help train it for at least two months and before this , before the spare bank we didn't have a dog and we had 136 merit badges and my mom didn't want a dog but we couldn't stop there but what about the hardest badge to earn? and definitely a clarion in 137 memories that you can now remember.

It's really cool because hopefully we'll look back, you know, in 20 years and remember the things we've learned and the experiences we've had and all the memories to pass on to our kids and hopefully inspire them. . Tyler and Blake say it's really been a team effort with their parents and different people in the organization, like their Scoutmaster. They are now waiting for the Court of Honor ceremony to receive the insignia. but they tell me that they will not stop here, they say that there are many other awards and that they can still achieve them and they want to help and inspire others to follow in their footsteps.

Gretchen, okay, thanks, it sure is interesting, they said playing the cornet was the most challenging. but learning the brass instruments and it was kind of nice, so okay, very cool, they did it, that's amazing.