>> Cathy: WOW, PROFESSOR WELLSTONE BEFORE HE BECAME SENATOR WELLSTONE.

PBS "NEWSHOUR" CAUGHT THAT MEMORABLE MOMENT AND MISSPELLED THE NAME OF CARLETON COLLEGE.

THE TIME HAS COME, MY FRIENDS, FOR THE MINNESOTA HISTORY PORTION OF THE PROGRAM.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE WHOLE SHOW.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK, WE ASKED YOU ABOUT A RECENT EVENT.

THE YEAR: 2023.

THE PLACE: DULUTH IN FEBRUARY.

THE TEMPERATURE: NEGATIVE 20.

A DULUTH AREA SCOUT HAS BEEN SLEEPING OUTSIDE FOR MORE THAN A THOUSAND DAYS.

I'M NOT KIDDING.

OUR QUESTION FOR YOU WAS A TWO-PARTER.

WHO IS THIS OUTDOORSY MYSTERY MINNESOTAN?

AND WHAT WAS THE FINAL NUMBER OF DAYS HE SLEPT IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS?

BONUS IF YOU KNOW THE DATE OF HIS FINAL NIGHT OF THE STREAK.

SEVERAL OF YOU GOT THE FIRST HALF RIGHT LAST TIME, BUT NO ONE COULD FILL IN THE FINAL DETAILS, SO WE ASKED AGAIN.

HOW DID YOU DO THE SECOND TIME AROUND?

THESE NEXT TWO CALLERS DELIVERED A GLASS HALF EMPTY.

>> CATHY: SORRY, STEVE.

AND, STEVE.

BUT YOU'RE MISSING THE IMPORTANT DETAILS.

WHAT WAS THE FINAL END NUMBER OF DAYS THAT EAGLE SCOUT ISAAC ORTMAN SLEPT OUTSIDE?

HERE'S HIS SUMMER CO-WORKER WITH THE DEETS.

>> CATHY: YES, JACK, YOU ARE CORRECT.

EAGLE SCOUT ISAAC ORTMAN ENDED HIS STREAK OF SLEEPING OUTSIDE ON APRIL 18, 2026, THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FIRST NIGHT.

THAT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.

WHAT THE HECK?

HERE'S ISAAC ABOUT THREE YEARS INTO THAT RUN WITH A LITTLE SNOW OUTSIDE THE TARP.

DOES ANYONE KNOW HY HE DID THIS, BY THE WAY?

I WANT TO KNOW.

SPECIAL THANKS TO ISAAC'S MOM, MELISSA, FOR HELPING US OUT WITH THIS QUESTION.

WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR SOME SHOW-CLOSING MUSIC.

IT WAS THIS WEEK BACK IN 2014 THAT MOLLY MAYER JOINED US TO PREVIEW THE LOWERTOWN GUITAR FESTIVAL.

ENJOY THE TUNE.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

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