MSR 'shoe recall

[allison]

FYI:

News Release Release date: January 28, 2002

MSR ISSUES CONSUMER NOTIFICATION REGARDING DENALI SNOWSHOESMODELS AFFECTED: DENALI ASCENT, RED DENALI CLASSIC

SEATTLE, Wash. - MSR has issued a consumer notification regarding all DenaliAscent and red Denali Classic snowshoes manufactured between September andNovember 2001. These snowshoes were made with a different plastic deckingthan previous shoes, which tends to crack under extreme flexing or hardimpacts.

To identify the snowshoes in question, retail stores and consumers can lookat two date code dials on the bottom of the shoes. The snowshoes in questionare coded 9/01, X/01 and Y/01. Retail stores with these snowshoes in stockhave been asked to contact MSR immediately to exchange them. Consumers mayalso exchange their shoes through their local retailer or by calling MSRdirectly at (800) 531-9531.

Erik Flink, snowshoe product group manager, noted, "The typical cracks we'veseen - a cracked toe area, small pieces breaking off the bottom, etc. -won't generally affect the function of the snowshoe. People will still beable to use the snowshoes to get back, but they will want to exchange themwhen they get home."

Since the discovery of the problem, MSR has returned to producing snowshoesusing the original plastic material, which has proven reliably strong anddurable over the last seven years.Since their debut in 1995, MSR's family of snowshoes has grown to includefour models designed for a variety of backcountry uses - the Denali Ascent,Denali Classic, Denali Hiker and Denali Tyker. The popularity andperformance of MSR snowshoes can be attributed to the unique platform designand to the many features invented by MSR, including steel traction bars forstability while traversing and flotation tails, which created the firstmodular snowshoe system.

Founded in 1969 as a supplier of expedition climbing gear, Mountain SafetyResearch currently supplies the outdoor recreation market with stoves,cookware, snowshoes, water filters, organic dehydrated food, tents,hydration systems and trekking poles. More information is available on thecompany's Web site at www.msrcorp.com or by calling 1-800-531-9531.

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[Juneriver]

Ya, but they're a hell of a deal at rei-outlet!!

Well... they were yesterday when they were selling them for $50