This is one of the few Eagle alternate badges. If a 20-mile hike seems too difficult, you can also opt for cycling or swimming badge instead. The badge allows you to build your credit over time, by ...

WEBVTT ARE SCUBA DIVING. MOST BOY SCOUT SASHES ARE NOT THIS LONG. AFTER ALL, 21 BADGES WILL GET YOU TO EAGLE. >> I JUST WANTED TO KEEP GOING. RYAN NIEDERSCHULTE WANTED TO GO THE EXTRA MILE 117 TIMES.

Ben Hayes, 14, wasted no time pursuing his first merit badge, in hiking, and then moving on to railroading, which paralleled his biggest passion, for his second. "I like trains," says Hayes, whose ...

Caleb Biddulph wears his achievements — all 137 of them — with pride. The Frisco teen is among a select group who has earned every merit badge available from the Boy Scouts of America. He has merit ...