Some of the next meaningful steps Jim Mora takes in his climb back from the depths of a 4-8 season could take him 19,000 feet above sea level in East Africa.
The UCLA coach is scaling Mt. Kilimanjaro next week to help raise money for fresh drinking water in Tanzania — and awareness about the cause — as part of New England Patriots defensive end Chris Long’s Waterboys charity. Mora will be accompanied by Long and former NFL players as well as a U.S. servicewoman using a prosthetic leg after being injured in combat, and a serviceman who lost his vision during fighting in Afghanistan.