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 ...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/montana-man-hikes-10-miles-fall-trekking-pole)