Injured Hiker Climbs Six Hours Off Mountain After Impalement
A wound care nurse who impaled himself on a pole while hiking assessed his own gruesome injury and spent over six hours climbing off a mountain.
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A hiker who works as a nurse in wound care impaled himself on a pole while on a mountain. Despite sustaining the gruesome injury, he successfully navigated his way down, climbing for more than six hours to get off the mountain.[1][2][3]
After making a self-assessment of the severe injury, the man described the incident by stating, “Tis but a flesh wound.”[1][2][3]
