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蒙大拿州比林斯市—— 戴维·西法尔迪和他的两名徒步同伴当时正横穿蒙大拿州令人望而生畏的“冻亡高原”，即将抵达该州最高峰峰顶，这场冒险却遭遇了离奇又危险的变故：西法尔迪滑倒后，被自己的登山杖刺穿身体。
这根长44英寸、尖端为钢制的登山杖从他左臂下方的肌肉穿过，未伤及任何重要器官，从背部穿出。在与同伴商议后——再考虑到直升机救援的高昂费用——西法尔迪明白，能救自己的只有他自己。
“我当时说‘我们必须下山’，他们俩都表示‘我觉得这行不通’，”西法尔迪回忆同伴最初的反应时说，“我很确定这根杆子没碰到我的胸壁，只是皮肉伤而已。”
这位32岁的护士在蒙大拿州比林斯市一家医院从事伤口护理工作，他自行做了伤情评估：他意识清醒，几乎没有疼痛或出血，登山杖也没有松动。团队使用佳明inReach卫星通讯设备联系了当地当局，并告知对方他们将自行救援的计划。
随后他们开始徒步下山。他们沿着一条未标记的路线小心翼翼地从高原下行，在巨石和雪地间穿行，随后披荆斩棘抵达一条现成的步道。
在耗时六个多小时、行进约10英里、下降约5000英尺后，一行人抵达了一处步道起点，西法尔迪的朋友杰西·罗斯将车辆停在了那里。
“这件事能办成，全靠他的信心，”罗斯回忆道，“我们又能说什么呢？他是懂医疗的人。那时我们的任务就是配合他。”
西法尔迪一直渴望攀登花岗岩峰。这座海拔12800英尺的蒙大拿州最高峰天气变幻莫测，时常出现危险的雷暴和酷寒。每年都有数百人尝试登上这座多岩石的峰顶，其中许多人未能成功。2019年，当局称一名65岁的明尼苏达州资深登山者在与儿子一同接近花岗岩峰峰顶时，坠落约150英尺身亡。
当西法尔迪和同伴开始下山时，那根别扭地插在他身体侧面的登山杖还留在原处。斯蒂尔沃特县搜救队指挥官泰·威廉姆斯通过一名接听该团队来电的调度员，监控着他们的行进情况。
第一通电话于7月20日上午9点44分打来，就在西法尔迪被刺穿之后。威廉姆斯表示，下午1点30分，这三名徒步者称他们离步道起点越来越近，并让最近的医院做好接收准备。
“当时没有危及其他人的情况，他不需要我们的帮助，所以我们绝不会侵犯他的权利，或是违背他的意愿强行提供协助，”威廉姆斯说。
大约下午3点30分，徒步者们坐上了罗斯的车，前往最近的诊所，西法尔迪说道。
抵达诊所后，他们被告知西法尔迪需要在比林斯接受更高级别的治疗。于是他们重新坐上罗斯的卡车，继续驶向他工作的圣文森特地区医院。
医生取出了登山杖，为他包扎伤口，西法尔迪本周已经重返工作岗位。
“我觉得一百次里有九十九次，我都会做出同样的决定，”西法尔迪坐在比林斯市罗斯家的前院里说道，“搜救队的帮助是免费的，但直升机救援不是。这是我决定自行救援的一个因素。但好在我有两位经验丰富、很棒的朋友同行，而且我们有能力在出现意外时联系搜救队，这让我的决定变得容易了很多。”
Montana man, impaled by trekking pole, hikes out of mountains to get help
2026-07-30T07:36:44-0400 / CBS News
July 30, 2026 / 7:36 AM EDT / AP
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 Cifaldi’s left arm, missing any vital organs, and protruded from his back. After conferring with his friends – and considering the high cost of a helicopter rescue – Cifaldi knew who would save him: himself.
“I was like, ‘We’ve got to get off this mountain.’ And they’re both like, ‘I don’t know about that,’” Cifaldi said of his friends’ initial reaction. “I’m pretty confident this is outside my chest wall. ‘Tis but a flesh wound.”
This photo provided by David Cifaldi shows Cifaldi after he impaled himself on a trekking pole while attempting to climb Montana’s highest summit, Granite Peak, on July 20, 2026. David Cifaldi via AP
The 32-year-old nurse, who works in wound care at a Billings, Montana, hospital, did a self-assessment. He was alert. There was little pain or blood. And the pole wasn’t moving. The group used a satellite-based communication device, a Garmin inReach, to contact local authorities and inform them of their plan to self-rescue.
Then they started hiking out. They carefully descended from the plateau along an unmarked route, navigating through boulders and snowfields before bushwhacking their way to an established trail.
After more than six hours in which they traveled about 10 miles and descended roughly 5,000 feet, the group reached a trailhead where one of them, Cifaldi’s friend Jesse Ross, had parked a vehicle.
“The only reason it was possible at all was his confidence,” Ross recalled. “Who are we to say anything? He’s the medical person. Our job is just to support at that point.”
Cifaldi had long wanted to climb Granite Peak. At 12,800 feet, Montana’s tallest mountain is prone to unpredictable weather including dangerous lightning storms and bitter cold. Hundreds of people annually try to reach the rocky summit; many come up short. In 2019, authorities said a 65-year-old Minnesota man who was an experienced climber fell about 150 feet to his death after reaching nearly the top of Granite Peak with his son.
As Cifaldi and his companions started hiking out, the pole awkwardly sticking out of his side, Stillwater County Search and Rescue team commander Ty Williams monitored the group’s progress via a dispatcher who took calls from the group.
The first call came in at 9:44 a.m. on July 20, right after Cifaldi impaled himself. At 1:30 p.m. the trio said they were getting closer to the trailhead and to let the nearest hospital know they were coming, Williams said.
“There was no danger to anybody else. He didn’t want our help and so we’re not going to essentially violate his rights or go against his wishes by forcing our help on him,” Williams said.
By about 3:30 p.m., the hikers were in Ross’ vehicle, headed to the nearest clinic, Cifaldi said.
When they arrived, they were told Cifaldi needed more advanced treatment, in Billings. So they got back in Ross’ truck and kept driving to the hospital where he works, St. Vincent Regional Hospital.
Doctors removed the pole, bandaged him up and Cifaldi was back at work this week.
“I think 99 times out of a hundred I would make the same decision,” Cifaldi said as he sat in Ross’ front yard in Billings. “Search and rescue coming to help you is free. The flight’s not. That was a factor in me deciding to self-rescue. But the fact that I had two experienced great friends with me and we had the ability to contact search and rescue if something went wrong made that a lot more of an easy decision.”
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