Montana man, impaled by trekking pole, hikes out of mountains to get help
Billings, Montana — David Cifaldi and his two hiking companions were crossing Montana’s ominous Froze-to-Death Plateau and approaching the top of the state’s highest peak when their adventure took a bizarre and dangerous turn: Cifaldi slipped and impaled himself on his trekking pole as he fell. The 44-inch steel-tipped pole passed through the flesh beneath…