Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah’s Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, ...

An experienced hiker who became trapped in quicksand for hours at a famed national park in Utah on Sunday described the ordeal as "the closest I’ve ever come to dying." Austin Dirks, who has logged ...

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Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches National Park. By Neil Vigdor The sun had not yet risen when Austin Dirks ...

At 6:45 a.m. on December 7, 2025, 33-year-old Austin Dirks experienced something that he thought happened only in horror movies. His fingers were numb. Water was rushing around his leg, “cold as ice.” ...

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