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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

An experienced hiker and backpacker recently got stuck in real-life quicksand in Arches National Park. Here's what happened.

Grand County Search and Rescue said an experienced hiker who became trapped in quicksand over the weekend did everything ...

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

An experienced hiker was rescued Sunday morning after becoming trapped in quicksand for hours in a backcountry section of ...

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