Teen finishes 40 mile (64-km) walk carrying his young brother for a noble cause

 Hunter Gandee, 14, carries his brother Braden Gandee, 7, in a harness on his back on Saturday, June 7, 2014, in Temperance, Mich. Hunter set out on a 40-mile trek on Saturday with his brother  strapped to his back, hoping to raise awareness about Cerebral Palsy, the illness that prevents the younger boy from being able to walk without help.

The Michigan teenager battled heat, rain, fatigue and more to finish the forty mile (64-kilometer) walk to bring Cerebral Palsy to the attention of the public and put a face on the neurological disorder.

Fourteen-year-old Hunter walked from his junior high school not far from the Ohio border to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He back-packed his brother, Braden, throughout the entire two-day journey.
On Sunday, they trudged up a winding road toward the university's wrestling centre. Asked how he felt, Braden said simply: "Tired."

Hunter acknowledges there was talk of stopping the walk around the 50-kilometre mark due to chafing on his brother's legs. Called the Cerebral Palsy Swagger, the trek's goal was to raise awareness and they achieved their object as people joined the walk and cheered the boys on .