A hiking trip to Montana's highest mountain turned into a remarkable survival story after a nurse accidentally impaled himself on a trekking pole but still managed to hike nearly 10 miles to safety instead of waiting for a helicopter rescue.

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.