Hiker Trekked 10 Miles to Safety After Impaling Himself on Pole

Hiker trekked 10 miles to safety after impaling himself on pole

The weather was perfect — mid-60s and sunny, no wind — and the summit was in reach. Then David Cifaldi lost his footing. The post Hiker trekked 10 miles to safety after impaling himself on pole appeared first on Boston.com.

Man trekked 16km after impaling himself on pole during hike

David Cifaldi, a wound nurse, had been hiking Montana’s tallest mountain with friends

Hiker Impaled by Pole Treks 10 Miles to Safety

A Montana man's hike up the state's highest mountain turned into a 10-mile hike out with a trekking pole stuck through his body. Emergency room nurse David Cifaldi slipped near the summit of Granite Peak on July 20 and landed on one of his poles, which entered below his left...

A US man impaled himself on his hiking pole – then walked 16km to safety

WARNING: Contains graphic medical images. David Cifaldi was hiking up Montana’s tallest mountain when he slipped and fell on one of his trekking poles. A...

Hiking pole impales man on Montana's highest peak. Then he decides to walk 10 miles for help with it still in his side: 'kind of a freak thing'

A hiking trip to the top of Montana‘s highest mountain turned into a life-threatening ordeal after a nurse fell onto his own trekking pole. Instead of waiting for a rescue helicopter, David Cifaldi assessed his injuries, kept the pole in place, and hiked more than 10 miles back to safety with two friends by his side. The accident occurred on July 20, 2026, while Cifaldi and friends Jesse Ross and Brad Reich attempted to summit Granite Peak in th…

Hiker Impaled on Trekking Pole Hikes 10 Miles to Safety

p Let us praise David Cifaldi, a 32-year old nurse who was hiking up Granite Peak--the tallest peak in Montana. KTMF 12 News reports that Cifaldi was about 10 miles into the hike, he was accidentally impaled with a hiking pole.As a medical professional, he was able to make a rational judgment about how to proceed. Would he be able to return under his own power? Cifaldi decided that he could. So, escorted by his friends, he hiked 10 miles over 6 …