Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker ...

Blackwelder contacted the hiker from a cliff. The man was trapped in a wash — which like a riverbed that is mostly dry but ...

Austin Dirks, a 33-year-old experienced hiker, was trapped in near-freezing quicksand for hours in Utah's Arches National ...

Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker ...

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

A man was hiking in Arches National Park in Utah when he became trapped in quicksand. Rescuers used shovels and ladders to ...

A seasoned Utah hiker became trapped in quicksand during a solo trek through Arches National Park — as harrowing drone ...

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

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

A Colorado man in his 30s was trapped up to his thighs during a 20-mile solo hike in frigid temperatures Sunday at Utah's ...

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