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

Montana man hikes out of the mountains to get help after he was impaled by a trekking pole
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David Cifaldi was crossing Montana's ominous Froze-to-Death Plateau and approaching the top of the state's highest peak when his adventure took a bizarre and dangerous turn: Cifaldi slipped and impaled himself on his trekking pole as he fell.

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