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Nurse impaled by pole during hike forced to trek 10 miles for help: 'A freak thing'

2 sources2 storiesFirst seen 7/27/2026Score42Mixed Progress
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Velocity
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Confidence
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Clipability
63
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Claims
5
Contradictions
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Breakthrough
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Hiker Trekked 10 Miles to Safety After Impaling Himself on Pole.

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David Cifaldi was hiking up Granite Peak, Montana's tallest mountain, last week when he slipped and fell on one of his trekking poles.

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Nurse impaled by pole during hike forced to trek 10 miles for help: 'A freak thing'.

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David Cifaldi, a wound care nurse, was impaled by a trekking pole at 11,800 feet on Montana's Granite Peak in a freak accident.

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He hiked for 10 miles to get help.

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