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Safety in Hiking

Hiker Walked 10 Miles After Trekking Pole Impaled His Torso on Granite Peak

ER training plus satellite communication enabled a self-guided descent that ended with hospital removal of the pole under conscious sedation.

Rescuers Save Two Stranded Hikers on Vermont’s Camel’s Hump in Subzero Conditions