Quicksand may seem like something from a cartoon, but it became a very real danger for an experienced hiker during a trek through Arches National Park in Utah. Austin Dirks was hiking a roughly ...

“I didn’t think that was real.” That’s the reply I kept hearing from both coworkers and readers after we wrote about backpacker Austin Dirks’s rescue from a quicksand pit in Arches National Park in ...

Quicksand can be deadly if encountered, but how does it even form in the first place? Quick sand is often portrayed in Hollywood as a very slow but deadly threat, where someone usually has to pull you ...

MOAB, Utah (KSTU) — A seasoned hiker’s worst nightmare became reality Sunday morning when he found himself trapped knee-deep in quicksand during a solo trek through Arches National Park. “Before this ...

If you were to base your expectations on cartoons, adventure movies, comic books, and spooky TV specials, you’d think adult ...

A seasoned hiker's worst nightmare became reality Sunday morning when he found himself trapped knee-deep in quicksand during a solo trek through Arches National Park. "Before this trip, I honestly ...