[at-l] Killer M

[Ken Bennett <bennettk@wfu.edu>]

Press Release:

Bozeman, MT, April 1:  The Dana Design company today announced a new line of 
lightweight backpacks targeted at the thru-hiker community. The Killer M series, 
based on Dana's highly successful Killer B series, incorporates the latest advances 
in pack design and technology. "The packs are aimed at the ultralight crowd," 
explains Dana spokesman John 'Green Bay' Packer (GA=>ME '90). "They are extremely 
lightweight, with most of the packs in the 3-4 pound range. The packs expand on the 
suspension of the Killer B's, so they can easily handle a 40 pound load, which is 
about the max for a thru-hiker leaving a mail drop. The best part, though, is that 
these packs kill mice."

That's right, the Killer M series is designed to eliminate the major threat to 
thru-hiker happiness: shelter mice. Packer explains the technology: "The packs use 
a light ripstop nylon with the common checkerboard pattern of stronger threads 
running though it. But we use a new technology that runs a high-amperage, 
low-voltage current through these threads. Mice take one bite, and drop like 
rocks."

Independent tests show that the new system is shockingly effective. Sample Killer M 
packs were smeared inside with peanut butter and dirty socks to simulate actual 
thru-hiker conditions, then hung from hooks at three shelters notorious for their 
acrobatic mice. The next morning, dozens of tiny corpses littered the shelter 
floors, some still smoking. 

The packs can run on one AA battery, which most hikers use in their flashlights 
anyway. However, the best results come from using a 12-volt lead-acid car battery. 
"One [car] battery has enough juice for at least twelve packs," says Packer. Dana 
Desgins has contracted with Sears Auto and the Appalachian Trail Conference to 
provide 12-volt car batteries and solar-powered trickle-chargers in each AT shelter 
by the start of the 1998 season. ATC ridge runners are expected to maintain the 
batteries.











Ken Bennett
with sincere apologies to those involved. i own and love dana equipment
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