Scout Master Valrick Welch said the group will travel a minimum of 10 miles a day on land or water for five days.
Yesterday, at 4 a. m., the group began the hike from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chalan Laulau to the airport before proceeding to Koblerville and San Antonio.
The scouts are members of the church.
They set up camp on Susupe Beach yesterday where they performed a two-hour cleanup, Welch said.
This two-hour service will be performed in each camping area, he added.
At 1 a.m. on Tuesday, the troop will proceed to the Forbidden Island.
On Wednesday, they will head to Mt. Tapochao and proceed to Garapan McDonald’s on Thursday.
For their final day on Friday the troop will walk to the Outer Cove Marina and perform a beach cleanup at American Memorial Park.
At 10 a.m., they will leave the marina on an unmotorized boat and head to Managaha, said F. Matthew Smith, a lawyer and active member of the Boy Scouts of America.
The participating scouts are Richard Defan, Harrison Smith, Jershon Carulla, James Igasair, David Igasair, June Fejeran, Salofi Welch and InBum Choo.
The adults who are joining them are Daniel Villegas, Arthur Welch, and Ken Esplin.
Boy Scout recommendation and advancement committee chairman William Hunter and Smith are visiting the troops at their campsite to provide support.
Calisto Reyes, Boy Scout island director, said from Managaha the troop can either go back to Saipan on the boat or stay with family members that will meet them there.
Welch said the presentation for the 50-Miler Awards will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints on the second Wednesday of January.
