[pct-l] The latest info on URSACK

[kmurray at pol.net]

Rob Mason, Wilderness Manager on the Sierra NF, who attends SIBBG
meetings, wrote me in response to my inquiry:



> On October 24, the SIBBG unanimously voted to REVOKE conditional
> approval of the Ursack S29 (which was conditionally approved in '07).
> The S29 with aluminum liner was the only Ursack model that was approved.
>  Therefore, there are currently no models of the Ursack approved for use
> in bear canister restriction areas.  The revocation was based up
> multiple field failures in 2007.  That is the only change in approval
> status for any bear canister model, as of today.  The website will
> hopefully be updated in the near future to reflect this change.  Please
> feel free to pass this information on to the interested PCT hiker, as
> well as the PCT-L, if you deem appropriate.