Are you referring to the single entry in the Gear List?

Justin,
The only place on the SHR a canister is required is through Yosemite.

I queried Chris about their food containers and got this reply:

"Gil and Olivia each used a BV500. I used the most updated version of the Ursack."

They spent two nights in YNP before a resupply at TM. It would be no problem to have food for two days and a night properly stored in two BVs.

Next time do some fact-checking before getting your sanctimonious undies in a bunch.

Justin…this past winter Change.Org circulated a petition asking that Yosemite allow Ursack use because it had been approved by the IGBC in 2014. Head Ranger Charles Cuvelier requested one for testing and an Allwhite version was sent by the Ursack company. Supposedly that's still in the works. I, too, have one, and can't see myself ever using a canister, so I hope it goes through!

Greg…Justin asked a simple, civil question. Whenever someone asks a simple, civil question all that is required is a simple, civil answer. NO need to be a bully.

Happy trails!

I'm unsure if (some of) those were the direct takeaways from my initial post, but for a few corrections:

I never inferred that BPL was condoning anything improper. That is why I titled my post Gizmodo, where the article was published. Unless their Indefinitely Wild has some sort of affiliation to BPL. My take is that their audience would dip more into the general mainstream realm compared to BPL.

Secondly, I was genuinely curious of the proper bear storage usage as two prior, and quite thorough, reports for this same trip acutely covered the issue with food storage regulations. One going to the point of stating an Ursack is not allowed at some locales.

The closing question of irresponsibility was in regards to said publication (Gizmodo/Indefinitely Wild) not highlighting the key factor of food storage reuglations. I would guess even the loathed Backpacker mag would add that at some point. It would also seem to add an extra bit of intrigue to their "Hardest Hike in American" theme: "…so difficult that you are even forced to use heavy arse containers due to overly habitualized bears…" etc.