Accidentally got bear spray on/in our tent, 2 days left in…
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Accidentally got bear spray on/in our tent, 2 days left in the backpacking trip, urgently need advice
I am on an extended weekend backpacking trip with my partner. They tossed down the sharp hand trowel that we use to dig poop holes and it happened to hit the bear spray canister and puncture it. This was on the ground just outside our tent, under the flap of the rain fly that was staked out. The tent itself is all thin mesh, but the rain fly was over it creating a somewhat enclosed space. We both ran away from it, and I grabbed a towel to put over my mouth and nose and ran back and grabbed the canister and chucked it out into the woods. I believe some of the mist got onto our sleeping bag through the tent mesh, as well as on the mesh itself. I read that I can use dish soap to clean off the oils, but I'm a little uncertain of what to do now.
It isn't too cold and we have down blankets we can use, and were sleeping on cots, so I can just fully remove the potentially affected sleeping bag and generally sleep okay, but I'm worried about using the rain fly or unknowingly touching an affected spot of the tent mesh and later accidentally touching my eye/face. Should I try to clean the tent mesh itself with some dish soap? What is the treatment if I were to accidentally touch my eye and get bear mace in my eye? How careful do we have to be? How many times should I wash my hands after handling potentially affected items?
Luckily aside from a bit of spicy tasting air, we are so far unaffected. Took the rain fly off to air out the tent, but I'm just more worried about touching something that got the spray on it and then u knowingly touching my face/eye/mouth.
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I am on an extended weekend backpacking trip with my partner. They tossed down the sharp hand trowel that we use to dig poop holes and it happened to hit the bear spray canister and puncture it. This was on the ground just outside our tent, under the flap of the rain fly that was staked out. The tent itself is all thin mesh, but the rain fly was over it creating a somewhat enclosed space. We both ran away from it, and I grabbed a towel to put over my mouth and nose and ran back and grabbed the canister and chucked it out into the woods. I believe some of the mist got onto our sleeping bag through the tent mesh, as well as on the mesh itself. I read that I can use dish soap to clean off the oils, but I'm a little uncertain of what to do now.
It isn't too cold and we have down blankets we can use, and were sleeping on cots, so I can just fully remove the potentially affected sleeping bag and generally sleep okay, but I'm worried about using the rain fly or unknowingly touching an affected spot of the tent mesh and later accidentally touching my eye/face. Should I try to clean the tent mesh itself with some dish soap? What is the treatment if I were to accidentally touch my eye and get bear mace in my eye? How careful do we have to be? How many times should I wash my hands after handling potentially affected items?
Luckily aside from a bit of spicy tasting air, we are so far unaffected. Took the rain fly off to air out the tent, but I'm just more worried about touching something that got the spray on it and then u knowingly touching my face/eye/mouth.
#activity #camping
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