{"id":155381,"date":"2026-07-30T09:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155381"},"modified":"2026-07-30T09:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:53:13","slug":"us-man-hikes-out-of-mountains-for-help-after-being-impaled-by-trekking-poleunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155381","title":{"rendered":"US man hikes out of mountains for help after being impaled by trekking poleUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostDavid Cifaldi and his two hiking companions were crossing Montana\u2019s ominous Froze-to-Death Plateau and approaching the top of the state\u2019s highest peak when their adventure took a bizarre and dangerous turn: Cifaldi slipped and impaled himself on his trekking pole as he fell.<br \/>\nThe 44-inch (112-centimetre) steel-tipped pole passed through the flesh beneath Cifaldi\u2019s left arm, missing any vital organs, and protruded from his back. After conferring with his friends \u2013 and considering the high cost of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3362404\/us-man-hikes-out-mountains-help-after-being-impaled-trekking-pole?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostDavid Cifaldi and his two hiking companions were crossing Montana\u2019s ominous Froze-to-Death Plateau and approaching the top of the state\u2019s highest&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155381"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}