US man hikes out of mountains to get help after he was impaled by trekking pole

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.

A Montana man who slipped and impaled himself on his trekking pole while tackling the state’s highest peak decided to rescue himself rather than