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. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Accidents and Safety
Topics: survival, nurse, wound, poles, trekking, slipped, mountain, tallest, Montana’s, Granite, hiking, Cifaldi, David, Himself, Impaling, After, Safety, Miles, Trekked, Hiker
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/us/montana-hiker-impaled-pole.html