| 词条 | GoRuck |
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|name = GoRuck |homepage = {{url|goruck.com}} |founded = January 2008 |founder = Jason McCarthy }} GoRuck (styled by the company as {{Allcaps|GoRuck}}) is an American sporting equipment company founded in 2008 and based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, that specializes in making rucksacks (i.e., backpacks).[1] The company also organizes events with public participation or organized as private teambuilding events, known as "GoRuck challenges", that are similar to obstacle racing and military exercises.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}} HistoryThe company was founded in 2008 by Jason McCarthy, a former Green Beret, to develop rucksacks inspired by those used by the U.S. Special Forces.[2][1] McCarthy developed the company and its initial products while enrolled in a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program at Georgetown University, attending with help from the Post-9/11 GI Bill.[1] He graduated from the program in 2011.[1] In addition to rucksacks, the company also sells clothing (hiking boots, pants, shorts, shirts, light jackets, and caps) and various accessories (e.g., gear carrying cases, weight bags, wallets, embroidered clothing patches, carabiners, and water bottles).[1] The company employs about 150 veterans of the U.S. Special Forces and Special Operations.[2][3] Event organizingThe company promotes its brand by organizing and sponsoring "GoRuck challenges". The events are similar to obstacle racing and are based on Special Forces training exercises.[4] The events have varying degrees of difficulty and involve participating in challenging activities while carrying weighted rucksacks. They are often conducted as teambuilding events – e.g., for corporate clients.[5] Events of various durations and levels of difficulty are organized.[6][7] In addition to their three standard levels of difficulty (called "light", "challenge", and "heavy"), the company offers special events.[8] The company also holds firearms training events.[1] The company sponsored its first endurance challenge event in San Francisco, California, on September 25, 2010, and many such events have been held since then in various places across the United States.[1] More than 900 of the events were held in 2017.[4] A participant was struck by a car and killed during one of the events on May 17, 2014.[17] Afterwards, the company instituted a policy that every participant must have a high-visibility reflective band on their rucksack to reduce the chance of similar accidents.[9] The events have been mistaken for protest matches on multiple occasions.[10][11] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.goruck.com/about-us |title=What We Do |website=GORUCK (official website) |date= |access-date=2018-12-13}} 2. ^{{cite web |first=Michele |last=Gillis |date=December 30, 2016 |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/shorelines/2016-12-30/goruck-challenges-mind-body-and-soul|title=GORUCK challenges the mind, body and soul |work=Florida Times-Union |access-date=2018-12-13}} 3. ^1 {{cite web |first=Amit |last=Chowdhry | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2018/02/12/goruck-jason-mccarthy/ | title=How a Special Forces Soldier Built a Multimillion-Dollar Backpack Brand |website=Forbes |date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=2018-12-13}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news |first=Sean |last=Gregory |date=June 2, 2017 |url=http://time.com/4796475/goruck-dday-normandy-beach/ |title=The Latest Exercise Fad: Storming Normandy Beach on D-Day |work=Time |access-date=2018-12-13}} 5. ^{{cite web |first=Anne |last=Friedman |date=June 21, 2017| url=https://www.jacksonville.com/mandarin-st-johns/town/southside-beaches/2017-06-21/jacksonville-beach-based-goruck-launches | title=Jacksonville Beach-based GORUCK launches campaign to share stories of those making difference |work=Florida Times-Union |access-date=2018-12-13}} 6. ^{{cite web |first=Bryan |last=Black |date=August 3, 2011 |url=http://www.itstactical.com/fitcom/functional-strength-fitcom/whats-a-goruck-challenge-a-13-hour-adventure-that-will-introduce-you-to-yourself/|title=What's a GORUCK Challenge? A 13 Hour Adventure that Will Introduce you to Yourself |work=Imminent Tactical Solutions |access-date=2015-10-06}} 7. ^{{cite web|first=Angela |last=Levins |date=July 20, 2015 |url=http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2015/07/mobile_becomes_obstacle_course.html |title=Mobile becomes obstacle course for GORUCK Challenge |work=Alabama Media Group |access-date=2015-10-06}} 8. ^{{cite web |first=Laura |last=Zaks |date=February 26, 2018 | url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_871c9e3a-1a8e-11e8-a46d-0792ad42ff54.html | title=While some celebrated State Patty's with a drink in their hand, 'GoRuck' chose another way |work=The Daily Collegian}} 9. ^1 {{cite web |first=Glenn |last=Coin |url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/05/goruck_challenge_syracuse_jeff_proietti_fatal_accident.html |title=Syracuse man killed during GoRuck endurance challenge was first fatality ever, founder says |work=The Post-Standard |date=May 19, 2018 |access-date=2015-10-06}} (updated December 18, 2014). 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://westseattleblog.com/2017/12/from-the-in-case-you-wondered-too-file-the-flag-bearing-marchers/ |title=From the 'in case you wondered too' file: The flag-bearing marchers |website=West Seattle Blog |date=December 2, 2017 |access-date=2018-09-27 }} 11. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.nianticlabs.com/blog/operationclearfield/ | title=Ingress Community Helping Our National Parks with #OpClearField Events |date=August 11, 2017 |access-date=2018-12-13 |work=Niantic blog}} External links
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