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

Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches ...

If you get stuck in quicksand, remember it's impossible to drown in the stuff. Instead, calmly try freeing yourself by gently kicking your legs back and forth. This should loosen the dense sand around ...

Image via Getty Images A Utah hiker has survived being stuck in freezing quicksand for hours. Fortunately, search and rescue ...

Dirks was eventually freed, though his leg was numb and nearly collapsed when he put weight on it. He was able to hike out of ...

The adventure-film-like scene began on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, when 33-year-old Austin Dirks was on his second day of ...

SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (WCBS/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A man found himself in a scary situation when he sunk up to his waist in quicksand-like mud while walking his dog, prompting a police rescue. 24-year-old ...

Just after noon on the day before Thanksgiving 2011, 25-year-old NOLS student Rob Tesar unwittingly walked into quicksand in the Utah backcountry. Half a day later, he was still stuck upright, trying ...

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