Montana man hikes out of the mountains to get help after he was impaled by a trekking pole

David Cifaldi impaled himself on a steel-tipped trekking pole while hiking in Montana’s Froze-to-Death Plateau but opted to hike out with his companions instead of a helicopter rescue. Using a Garmin inReach device, the group communicated with authorities during a 10-mile descent to safety, avoiding vital organs as the pole protruded from his side for six hours.