Marathons are a difficult feat to finish under normal circumstances, imagine joining and completing a marathon with a tree strapped on your back! A group of runners who ran the Cape Town marathon in South Africa managed to complete the event with saplings strapped to their backs.
The reason for such a gimmick was to promote the planting of native trees. According to one of the members of the group, Siyabulela Sokomani (who had a wild olive on his back during the run), the group is raising cash to plant 2,000 trees in Khayelitsha.
(via Reuters)
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