Austin Dirks unexpectedly sunk into quicksand on the second day of a solo 20-mile backpacking trip on the Hayduke Trail ...

Utah hiker stuck in quicksand rescued.

The reason you don't normally sink into the sand when you go to the beach is due to a physics phenomenon known as force chain ...

By  MEAD GRUVERGetting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one ...

Comedian John Mulaney once said he thought that quicksand was going to be a bigger problem than it turned out to be.

An experienced hiker spent hours in freezing temperatures after becoming trapped in quicksand during a trek through Arches ...

Childhood fears unlocked! A hiker in Utah’s Arches National Park was eventually rescued after being trapped in quicksand for ...

Quicksand is a corny peril in old movies, but getting stuck in it really did happen to one hiker in Utah. Rescuers responded Sunday to an emergency satellite beacon activated ...

A hiker's journey through a popular national park took a dangerous turn when he became stuck in quicksand! His name is Austin Dirks, and he says he was hiking in a canyon in Arches National Park in ...

(NYT) — The sun had not yet risen when Austin Dirks entered a remote canyon in Arches National Park on Sunday, seeking to ...

A hiker found himself stuck in near-freezing quicksand for several hours in Utah’s Arches National Park before he was located ...