Tell Me What Happened
Tell Me What Happened
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Struck by Lightning on the Trail
26 minutes Posted Mar 9, 2026 at 4:15 am.
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Minko Nikolov is an avid rock climber. Bouldering? Big vertical walls? He does it all. But he’s no risk-taker. In fact, on this day, he was only hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. The weather didn’t look good, so Minko turned around and was heading back to his car when he was struck by lightning. When hikers found him, his body was smoking.
We will also talk with Katie Flanagan about the dangers of lightning strikes and dispel a few myths in the process.