Boy Scout earns all 121 merit badges

[Trashman]

YORK – A Long Island teenager has earned all 121 merit badges offered by the Boy Scouts of America. Oceanside resident Shawn Goldsmith earned his final badge — for bugling — in time for his 18th birthday in November. He far surpassed the 21 badges required to achieve the elite rank of Eagle Scout.

He said he took about five years to earn his first 62 badges and then nearly doubled that number in a matter of months. He did it with the encouragement of his grandmother, who died shortly before he reached his goal.

The Binghamton University freshman was awarded his final badges on Dec. 19. He said he hopes to become a businessman and politician.



:D :D :D Just don't see enough kids like this anymore.

[LH Panther Mom]

My word! I wonder if he has them all on a sash!

[crzyjournalist03]

Does anybody have a list of all the badges? I'd be interested in seeing what all he put himself through just to have a glorified stamp collection! :D

[DU_stud04]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
Does anybody have a list of all the badges? I'd be interested in seeing what all he put himself through just to have a glorified stamp collection! :D http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Merit_Badges

[coach]

Originally posted by DU_stud04
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Merit_Badges American Business

American Cultures
American Heritage
American Labor
Animal Science
Archaeology
Archery
Architecture
Art
Astronomy
Athletics
Auto Mechanics
Aviation
Backpacking
Basketry
Bird Study
Bugling
Camping
Canoeing
Chemistry
Cinematography
Citizenship in the Community
Citizenship in the Nation
Citizenship in the World
Climbing
Coin Collecting
Collections
Communications
Composite Materials
Computers
Cooking
Crime Prevention
Cycling
Dentistry
Disabilities Awareness
Dog Care
Drafting
Electricity
Electronics
Emergency Preparedness
Energy

Engineering

Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science
Family Life
Farm Mechanics
Fingerprinting
Fire Safety
First Aid
Fish and Wildlife Management
Fishing
Fly Fishing
Forestry
Gardening
Genealogy
Geology
Golf
Graphic Arts
Hiking
Home Repairs
Horsemanship
Indian Lore
Insect Study
Journalism
Landscape Architecture
Law
Leatherwork
Lifesaving
Mammal Study
Medicine
Metalwork
Model Design and Building
Motorboating....i have this badge lol
Music
Nature
Nuclear Science
Oceanography
Orienteering
Painting
Personal Fitness
Personal Management
Pets

Photography

Pioneering
Plant Science
Plumbing
Pottery
Public Health
Public Speaking
Pulp and Paper
Radio
Railroading
Reading
Reptile and Amphibian Study
Rifle Shooting
Rowing
Safety
Salesmanship
Scholarship
Sculpture
Shotgun Shooting
Skating
Small-Boat Sailing
Snow Sports
Soil and Water Conservation
Space Exploration
Sports
Stamp Collecting
Surveying
Swimming
Textile
Theater
Traffic Safety
Truck Transportation
Veterinary Medicine
Water Sports
Weather
Whitewater
Wilderness Survival
Wood Carving
Woodwork

[bullfrog_alumni_02]

that kid will make a fine Gen or Col in the military someday.

[WylieBulldog92]

Originally posted by Ernest T Bass
Id like to know how he got the lifesaving badge.
He's a badass haha.

[carter08]

Originally posted by Ernest T Bass
Id like to know how he got the lifesaving badge. You kinda gotta be in the right place at the right time for that one.

Actually, saving a life is not a requirement.

I'm pretty sure I earned that one. Idk. I only had like 27 or 30 or something.

[Electus Unus]

Originally posted by Ernest T Bass
Id like to know how he got the lifesaving badge. You kinda gotta be in the right place at the right time for that one. He shot him and then took him to the hospital and reported it as a hunting accident. That is how Cheney got his! :D

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by Ernest T Bass
Id like to know how he got the lifesaving badge. You kinda gotta be in the right place at the right time for that one.
Both my younger sons have it.