Mike Rowe Instagram – Keep On Ruckin’ I took a few days off this week to relax and unwind with some friends who own a cabin in the mountains, not too far from where the Donner Party got stranded back in 1847 and wound up eating each other. I brought my GoRuck along. What’s a GoRuck? I’m glad you asked. A GoRuck is a small but extremely sturdy backpack designed to hold heavy weight, like the iron plates you’d find in a gym. According to @Michael_Easter who wrote extensively about rucking in his terrific book, The Comfort Crisis, you can burn a LOT more calories rucking than you can walking or even running. Now, I’m a rucking devotee, having rucked eight miles every day for the last month and losing ten pounds for my trouble. . . . #rucking #goruck #hiking, #thecomfortcrisis #explore