I am glad you are OK! Thanks for the story. It probably would be wise to not have any drinking water bottles that look or feel the same as the bear spray bottle. I personally do not like SIGG bottles - back in the days when I used white gas, I carried gas in such bottles - metal for gas, plastic for water.

And this also brings up a question I have always had. I wish there were somewhere we could practice using bear spray. But at $40 per spray cannister, I am not about to "practice". Given my poor performance the first time using a fire extinguisher, I worry that when I need the bear spray, I will freeze and fumble or shoot it in my face.