California man walks thousands of miles for charity, stops in New Mexico

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – One California man is making it his mission to walk across the entire United States for a good cause and just passed through the Land of Enchantment. “March 10, I took my first steps out of the water in Myrtle Beach and I’m walking all the way home basically,” says Ranger Kielak, a life coach from California. He’s walking across the United States with a mission behind each mile.

“My mission for the walk is to highlight, learn from, and work with people in the U.S. who are making a difference in their communities,” says Kielak. He’s meeting up with nonprofits, business owners, and community members while documenting their conversations in his podcast.

“I hope that somebody else can pull apart pieces of my story or the stories of those that I share along the way," he says.

Through it all, he's raising money for three nonprofits including National Future Farmers of America, an organizat...