David Cifaldi was hiking up Granite Peak, Montana's highest mountain, last week when he slipped and fell on one of his trekking poles, which pierced his torso. The wound nurse hiked approximately 10 miles back along his route to reach safety. The incident was reported on July 27, 2026.
NYTimes – US 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 fe…
NYTimes – US 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 fe…
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