Put them in harm s way. even leaving one scout dead. here s john donvan. reporter: the motto is first be prepared but first on the list of virtues they memorize is the word trustworthy. mentally awake and morally straight. reporter: including a 17-year-old boy named michael sclawy-adelman who first went into scouting when he was 8 years old. what do you remember? i dropped him off. and that s the last i saw. reporter: the last hike was a 20-miler, bordering the florida everglades. high of 92 degrees. his parents say michael was in fit physical condition and determined to do that hike. i spoke to him on the phone while they were on their way to the church to be dropped off. and the last thing he said was, i love you. reporter: the hikers set off at approximately 9:00 that morning.
Endurance. if you look at our ancestors and what they did, even think of migrate grandparents and what they did for work out in the fields and i think that maybe our perception of what is normal has changed over the years. and i like to refer to what people used to do. you talk about exploration. and maybe, to some extent what the body can do. but at some point you made the decision to say, i m going from someone who didn t like to run to racing opt the hardest, presumably, running competitions in the world. was there a moment when that happened for you and you said i can do this? i think it was probably after my first 50 miler. after my first ultramarathon. i had run a marathon and a month later decided to do this 50-mile race. a buddy of mine said you got to try this out. and at 20 years old, most 20 year olds aren t thinking of running 50 miles but after i completed it i said never again. but after a few hours, i was
Presumably, running competitions in the world. was there a moment when that happened for you and you said i can do this? i think it was probably after my first 50 miler. after my first ultramarathon. i had run a marathon and a month later decided to do this 50-mile race. a buddy of mine said you got to try this out. and at 20 years old, most 20 year olds aren t thinking of running 50 miles but after i completed it i said never again. but after a few hours, i was like, i think i can be pretty good at this. are you competing when you re out there? are you competing against the other racers? against yourself? running away from something? i like to say i m trying not to compete. i m trying to work with my body. i m not competing against myself. obviously there s a clock out there. and i do use the other racers and the competition to push my body to that edge because the competition really helps, you know, explore those boundaries. what i m capable of. when wow watch this vide
I can do this? i think it was probably after my first 50 miler. after my first ultramarathon. i had run a marathon and a month later decided to do this 50-mile race. a buddy of mine said you got to try this out. and at 20 years old, most 20 year olds aren t thinking of running 50 miles but after i completed it i said never again. but after a few hours, i was like, i think i can be pretty good at this. are you competing when you re out there? are you competing against the other racers? against yourself? running away from something? i like to say i m trying not to compete. i m trying to work with my body. i m not competing against myself. obviously there s a clock out there. and i do use the other racers and the competition to push my body to that edge because the competition really helps, you know, explore those boundaries. what i m capable of. when wow watch this video
Done on the run. have you heard about the medical aspects of this? what have you been told. well, i think it helps. i m actually a physical therapist so i know a little bit about the body. is it healthy to go that far in that amount of time? it s hard to say. the human body was built for endurance. if you look at our ancestors and what they did, even think of my great grandparents and what they did for work out in the fields and i think that maybe our perception of what is normal has changed over the years. and i like to refer to what people used to do. you talk about exploration. and maybe, to some extent what the body can do. but at some point you made the decision to say, i m going from someone who didn t like to run to racing the hardest presumably, running competitions in the world. was there a moment when that happened for you and you said i can do this? i think it was probably after my first 50 miler. after my first ultramarathon. i had run a marathon and a month