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"ref": "2013 July 5, Brad McLeod, Top 10 Ruck Marching Tips, accessed 17 JUL 2015:",
"text": "First of all – a “ruck” is nothing more than a backpack. So to \"ruck march\" is to carry a heavy duty backpack on a hike (loaded with gear and supplies).",
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"ref": "2015, Sean T. Smith, Wrath and Redemption, →ISBN:",
"text": "Rocky was only five foot six and skinny as a February coyote, but he could hump an eighty pound ruck across twenty mountain miles […]",
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"ref": "2015 June 16, Brandon Cole, “Mount Vernon's Barnes to Compete in \"Death Race\"”, in the Posey County News, page 13:",
"text": "He started at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday as he began rucking to church. He changed his clothes, went to church and then began rucking again. That distance totaled about nine miles. Rucking is hiking with a military style backpack, filled with weight.",
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