A 32-year-old nurse walked more than 10 miles down a rocky mountain with a metal trekking pole stuck through his side after a fall near the top of Granite Peak in Montana. David Cifaldi, who lives in Billings, spent six and a half hours walking over rough ground to get help while the pole stayed in his body.

David Cifaldi, a wound nurse, had been hiking Montana’s tallest mountain with friends

David Cifaldi was scaling Granite Peak with two friends on July 20 when he lost his footing on the rocky terrain and fell onto his trekking pole.