Montana man hikes 10 miles to safety after falling on trekking pole
Photograph: Go Fund MeView image in fullscreenDavid Cifaldi. “A couple inches the other way and this would be a different story.”Cifaldi and his friends, Jesse Ross and Brad Reich, had set off at 3.30am to climb the mountain, which he said was a long-held ambition.
- ▪Photograph: Go Fund MeView image in fullscreenDavid Cifaldi.
- ▪“A couple inches the other way and this would be a different story.”Cifaldi and his friends, Jesse Ross and Brad Reich, had set off at 3.30am to climb the mountain, which he said was a long-held ambition.
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David Cifaldi. Photograph: Go Fund MeView image in fullscreenDavid Cifaldi. Photograph: Go Fund MeMontanaMontana man hikes 10 miles to safety after falling on trekking poleDavid Cifaldi slipped and his pole pierced him in the side, then walked back hours along the route he had climbedRichard LuscombeMon 27 Jul 2026 09.10 EDTLast modified on Mon 27 Jul 2026 09.11 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA 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.
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