Hiker Trekked 10 Miles to Safety After Impaling Himself on Pole

David Cifaldi was hiking up Granite Peak, Montana’s tallest mountain last week when he slipped and fell on one of his trekking poles. A wound nurse, he went into survival mode.

By Remy Tumin

Montana man hikes 10 miles to safety after falling on trekking pole

David Cifaldi slipped and his pole pierced him in the side, then walked back hours along the route he had climbed A Montana man walked 10 miles to safety with a trekking pole speared through his torso after a fall during a hiking expedition on the state’s highest mountain. David Cifaldi slipped on rocks close to the summit of the 12,803ft (3,902 meters) Granite Peak during the hike on 20 July with two friends. He fell on one of his two poles, and “by the time I rolled over, I kind of knew som...

By Richard Luscombe

Nurse impaled by pole during hike forced to trek 10 miles for help: 'A freak thing'

David Cifaldi, a wound care nurse, was impaled by a trekking pole at 11,800 feet on Montana's Granite Peak in a freak accident. He hiked for 10 miles to get help.