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.

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 ...

An experienced hiker sank thigh-high into quicksand while backpacking through Utah’s Arches National Park.

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