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Man Slips and Falls into Cactus


Who: A hiker, no age given
Where: South Mountain, Arizona
His mistake: He picked a bad spot to slip.
What happened: A solo hiker had been hiking for two hours when he tripped or slipped on a steep slope and into a cactus. The man wasn’t seriously injured, but he was uncomfortable with descending the mountain (more like hill) on his own.

He called for help and firefighters helped the man down. The man was prepared with food and water – just not with tweezers to pull needles out of his body.

Read the story here.

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