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Trekking Pole Pierces Back on Montana Peak | Dayton News
A 32-year-old hiker named David Cifaldi survived a harrowing ordeal on Granite Peak, Montana, after taking a fall that drove a trekking pole through his back—lodged deep and emerging the other side. After a six-hour descent and multiple hospital transfers, surgeons finally removed the pole at his own workplace hospital. Cifaldi described feeling little pain until surgery, calling the experience surreal and traumatic, now seeking therapy to process the near-death incident. His survival defies belief—moving with a pole piercing a major muscle group below his armpit—and serves as a chilling…
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