SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — Scotch Plains James Leitner has been carrying 90 pounds of water over more than 3,000 miles across the United States to raise funds and spread awareness for the water issues many people face all around the world, but specifically in Tanzania.
He will finish his six month trek on Friday in San Francisco.
It is the same distance someone in Tanzania has to walk for water in a year.
After his time there, he went southwest to Denver, Colorado and over the Rockies into the desert of Utah and Nevada before arriving in California.
However, this isn’t the first extreme adventure for Leitner, who ran a marathon every month last year while carrying 45 pounds of water on his head for the same mission.
To donate to Leitner’s journey or for more information visit missioncleanwater.com.
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