Real Life Stories of People Who Took One For The Team

Earning the Badge Twice

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When I was a Boy Scout, we had to spend the night in a shelter we made to get Wilderness survival merit badge. The rule was at least two people for safety reasons. I already had that merit badge. My friend wanted the merit badge.

It was February and it was a super cold drizzling rainy weekend. Just barely above freezing so that it was rain rather than snow. We built a shelter with about 4 of us. In the night, as the cold rain leaked in, two guys quit and went to sleep in a tent.

I wanted to go get in a nice dry warm tent. My friend would have to quit too if I did. So, I spent that miserable night out there just so he could get the merit badge. Story credit: Reddit / angle_madeup

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