Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?

ARE YOU TOUGHER THAN A BOY SCOUT?

IT’S MAN VS. SCOUT AS LIFE EXPERIENCE TAKES ON SCOUT EXPERIENCE IN
NEW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL SERIES

New Episodes of ‘Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?’Air Mondays at 8 p.m. ET

(INCLUDE LOCAL COUNCIL DATELINE, 2013)The Boy Scouts live and breathe their motto,“Be Prepared.” They are strong, resourceful, and self-reliant. Honest, helpful, and brave. They are downright tough. Would you be able to reach into a bag of snakes, shimmy across a rope stretched over river rapids, canoe across a lake without a paddle, and rescue an injured hiker?

From Emmy Award–winning Original Productions (“Deadliest Catch,”“Ice Road Truckers”) comes National Geographic Channel’s new series “Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?”On the show, which airs on Mondays at 8 p.m.Eastern timeand is hosted by ex-Army Ranger Charles Ingram, adult “civilians” battle it out with scrappy Scouts in a series of challenges—all based on the Boy Scouts’ 100-year-old handbook—designed to test their physical and mental stamina to determine if these adults have what it takes to earn their own “merit badge.”

“For those in our community that may know little or nothing about Scouting, this show will give them a glimpse of the amazing things Scouts do,” said [LOCAL COUNCIL NAME] Scout Executive [LOCAL SCOUT EXECUTIVE NAME]. “If you think Scouting is all about what you’ve seen in a Norman Rockwell painting, I hope you watch the show to see what Scouting is really like in 2013.”

“Scouting is a life-long adventure, and this show highlights an exciting part of that journey,” said Chief Scout Executive Wayne Brock. “Whether you’re cheering for the Scouts or hoping the adults have what it takes to win, your whole family is going to enjoy watching the fun challenges; seeing the benefits of leading a healthy, active lifestyle; and learning a little more about the outdoor skills taught in Scouting.”

Each week, an elite team of Scouts from across the country gathers in the Sequoia National Forest to take on three new (and brave) adults in a battle of brains and brawn. From a software engineer with no Scouting experience, to a real estate agent who was kicked out of the Scouts at age 7, to an entrepreneur with two sons, these adults are from all walks of life, with all levels of experience. Along the way, they’ll be taught some tough lessons and sometimes pushed beyond their mental and physical limits. But, in the end, these men will know the answer to the question “Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?”

Before the adults can go up against the Scouts on their own, they must prove their worth through a series of grueling, merit badge–based challenges. Whether crossing a gorge on a commando line, finding their way alone in the woods during an orienteering challenge, administering first aid to an injured hiker, or feeding breakfast to a group of hungry Cub Scouts, each challenge reinforces valuable Scouting skills. But for these adults, the rigorous competition can be a hard-hitting reality check. Tough days and even tougher nightsmean they must constantly be ready for the unexpected. And the grown-ups are left to question: How much do they really know about surviving in the wilderness? How far can their life experience really get them?

As the Scouts evaluate each adult’s physical endurance, strength, agility, and smarts, the adults are gradually eliminated until only one man is left standing. The worthy opponent will go on to challenge the Scouts in one final testto finally learn if he is trulytougher than a Boy Scout.

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The Boy Scouts of America provides the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training, which helps young people be “Prepared. For Life.®” The Scouting organization is composed of almost 2.7 million youth members between the ages of 7 and 21 and 1 million volunteers in local councils throughout the United States and its territories. For more information on the Boy Scouts of America, please visit

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