REVENUE,
REVENUE, MANAGEMENT QUALITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
>>> RECENT SUBZERO
TEMPERATURES GOT US THINKING
ABOUT A YOUNG MAN WE FIRST
INTRODUCED YOU TO THREE YEARS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. HE
AGO. HE COULD BE THE POSTER CHILD
FOR WINTER HARDY AND IT TURNS
OUT HIS RECENT EXPLOITS ARE
MORE EXTREME.
MORE EXTREME. MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
FIRST, BOYD HUPPERT SWINGS
BACK IN THIS BEST OF FROM THE
LAND OF 10,000 STORIES.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER
COLD NIGHT.
COLD NIGHT. >> Reporter: TO THOSE OF YOU
FROM WARMER CLIMATES WHO MIGHT
BE WATCHING THIS ONLINE --
>> MINUS 20 WIND CHILL ONCE
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. >>
AGAIN. >> Reporter: THIS IS JUST THE
WAY WE MINNESOTANS ROLE.
WHICH IS WHY THE TALK AT THE
HIGH SCHOOL SKI RACE, SO
EASILY TURNS TO HENRY ADAMS.
>> GOD BLESS HIM.
>> Reporter: HENRY HUGGING THE
INSIDE BY DAY.
>> HENRY ADAMS FROM EDINA.
>> Reporter: AND AT NIGHT
TAKING IT OUTSIDE.
>> PEOPLE ARE LIKE WHAT IS
THAT THING?
THAT THING? WELL, THAT'S WHERE OUR SON
SLEEPS.
SLEEPS.
SLEEPS. WHAT?
WHAT?
WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
>> Reporter: NO JOKE.
THAT HAMMOCK SUSPENDED IN
BELOW ZERO AIR IS WHERE HENRY
HIBERNATES.
HIBERNATES. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
BELIEVE IT.
BELIEVE IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK I'M
BSING THEM.
BSING THEM. >> Reporter: HENRY IT TURNS
OUT WAS AN EARLY AND
ENTHUSIASTIC ADAPTER TO THE
HAMMOCK CRAZE AND A YEAR AND A
HALF AGO TOOK HIS HOBBY OVER
THE EDGE.
THE EDGE.
THE EDGE. >> I HONESTLY THOUGHT WHEN IT
GETS REALLY COLD HE WON'T GO
OUT THERE.
OUT THERE. HE WON'T WANT TO BE UPSIDE.
>> BUT HERE WE ARE.
>> Reporter: OUT THERE AT THIS
MOMENT, IT'S MINUS NINE.
FOUR SLEEPING BAGS, THREE
BLANKETS, ONE ANXIOUS MOM.
>> I STILL GET NERVOUS.
I WORRY.
I WORRY.
I WORRY. >> IT WAS NEGATIVE 22 AND SHE
WAS SHAKING ME.
ARE YOU AWAKE?
MAKING SURE I WASN'T DEAD AND
FROZEN.
FROZEN.
FROZEN. LAST YEAR THERE WAS A LOT OF
BLIZZARDS AND I PUT A TARP UP.
>> I GET QUESTIONS ALL THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. HOW
TIME. HOW CAN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT?
>> Reporter: LONG AGO, AND
REESE PARENTS FIGURED OUT --
>> HE IS JUST NOT YOUR
STANDARD KID.
STANDARD KID. >> A SUPERTHIN PAINTBRUSH.
>> Reporter: A KID WHO PAINTS
THE PERIODIC TABLE ON HIS
BEDROOM WALL.
BEDROOM WALL. >> JUST KIND OF PRACTICING IT.
>> Reporter: A KID WHO CAN
SOLVE A RUBIK'S CUBE IN
SECONDS.
SECONDS.
SECONDS. >> HE WAS DOING STUFF LIKE
FIGURING OUT HOW TO ATTACH A
LITTLE ROCKET TO HIS
SKATEBOARD.
SKATEBOARD. >> THAT WAS CLASSIC.
>> Reporter: HE IS A KID WHO
RIGS UP THIS.
>> AND THIS WAS THE GUY THE
NEIGHBOR DROVE BY, SHE PUT HER
WINDOW DOWN AND SAID HENRY
ADAMS, DON'T YOU LET MY BOYS
SEE YOU DO THAT.
>> Reporter: A KID WHO
ACCLIMATED THAT HAMMOCK ON A
SUBZERO NIGHT, FOR NO BETTER
REASON THAN THIS.
>> BEING OUTSIDE IS WHERE I
LIKE TO BE.
AND I THINK IT'S COZIER THAN
SLEEPING IN THE BED.
>> Reporter: BESIDES, WHICH
KNOWING HENRY IS ABOUT AS
LIKELY AS A BEACH PARTY
BREAKING OUT TONIGHT ON THE
ADAMS FAMILY ICE RINK.
>> WE ARE PROBABLY COLDER WHEN
IT'S 60 IN OUR BEDROOM THAN HE
IS, TOTALLY WORN.
>> Reporter: RIGHT AROUND
MIDNIGHT, HENRY WILL HOP INTO
BED, SPEND THE NEXT EIGHT
HOURS GROWING HOT COFFEE JET
HE'S A PROVISIONAL HAMMOCK
DUDE.
DUDE.
DUDE. >>
DUDE. >> Reporter: HENRY ADAMS
LETTING OFF STEAM AND TAKING
ONE FOR THE HEARTY MINNESOTAN
TEAM.
TEAM.
TEAM. BOYD HUPPERT, KARE 11 NEWS.
>>> HENRY CONTINUED TO SLEEP
IN HIS HAMMOCK UNTIL HE LEFT
FOR COLLEGE.
FOR COLLEGE. THAT LIFE REALLY GOT
INTERESTING.
INTERESTING. WHILE SKIING HENRY BROKE HIS
BACK, NEARLY PARALYZING HIM.
HE RECOVERED AND WITHIN MONTHS
WAS BACK ROCKCLIMBING AND
STARTING A JOB AS A WHITE
WATER RAFTING GUIDE.
THIS SPRING AS A SOPHOMORE AT
MONTANA STATE, HENRY WAS NAMED
BIG SKY CONFERENCE MEN'S
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK.
FOR HIS PROWESS IN THE HIGH
HURDLES AND POLL VAULTING.
>> THAT'S AMAZING.
>> I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET HIS
MOM, HIS YOUNGER SISTER WAS
DATING A FRIEND OF MINE'S SON
AND SHE TOO IS AT MONTANA
STATE AND SHE WAS ON THE
CHAMPIONSHIP HOCKEY TEAM.
THIS FAMILY MAKES ME FEEL LIKE
MY NETFLIX IS NOT REALLY AS
EXCITING AS WHAT THEY DO.
>> THE BOY WOULD GIVE ME
GREATER.
GREATER.
GREATER. >> DON'T YOU LET MY BOY