He refused helicopter rescue after suffering gruesome injury on Montana's highest mountain — what he did next was incredible

He refused helicopter rescue after suffering gruesome injury on Montana’s highest mountain — what he did next was incredible


A man set out to scale Montana’s tallest mountain, but he suffered a gruesome injury along the way. Yet still, the man miraculously hiked 10 miles down the mountain.

KTLA-TV reported that 32-year-old David Cifaldi and two hiking companions were crossing Montana’s ominous Froze-to-Death Plateau and approaching the summit of Granite Peak on the morning of July 20.

‘A couple of inches the other way, and this would be a different story.’

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The Mountain Guides, a hiking website, said that Granite Peak is Montana’s highest summit with an elevation of 12,803 feet.

“This formidable mountain is located in the heart of the remote and scenic Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, just north of Yellowstone National Park,” according to the Mountain Guides, which noted, “Granite Peak is considered by many to be the

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