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TIFU by trying to go around a muddy trail only to land in a pile of poison oak

Was just hiking with my partner, decided to do the little trail that goes around the pond bank. We reached a point that was terribly muddy and in a bid to avoid a slip into the pond, I tried to climb up the hill and bypass the muddy section of the trail.

Unfortunately, the hill was riddled with poison oak, a fact I failed to see until I lost my footing and slipped into a sea of red itchy demon leaves.

I have never scurried home faster. I can not express how gd itchy that journey home was.

But alas, I remained vigilant in my refusal to itch and now, having scrubbed every nook and cranny of my being with dish soap, I finally feel safe again. Minimal swelling and itching has significantly subsided post dish soap.

F*%k poison oak. What a useless plant jfc.

Psa: stay on trail kids. Or be prepared to face the consequences.

TL;DR stupidly tried to avoid a muddy trail only to end up rolling thru poison oak. Managed to not itch & a full body dish soap scrub saved me.

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