#Utah hiker stuck in quicksand tv

(Hear more about it o n this episode of Backpacker’s Out Alive podcast.) (Photo: wwing via Getty Images) Hours later, park rangers made it to Osmun and pulled him out. She had initially slid into quicksand, and as Osmun pulled her out, his leg slipped in and became cemented in place. Snow dumped on him as he waited for his girlfriend to hike out of the canyon and find help. In February 2019, Ryan Osmun spent 10 hours waist-deep in quicksand at Zion National Park. However, incidents do happen, especially when quicksand is paired with bad weather. “Exposed edges or rattlesnakes or hypothermia are the things that actually can kill you.” “It’s something to be aware of when you’re hiking, but maybe not something that should be outright feared,” he says. Zion National Park Chief Ranger Daniel Fagergren says that Hollywood unnecessarily sensationalizes the danger of being trapped in sucking sand on a hike. In real life however, quicksand isn’t the death trap it’s made out to be. If you watch cartoons, quicksand is like, the third biggest thing you have to worry about in adult life, behind real sticks of dynamite and giant anvils falling on you from the sky.”

#Utah hiker stuck in quicksand tv

In his stand-up comedy special “New in Town,” comedian John Mulaney joked about the oversaturation of quicksand on childhood TV shows: “I always thought that quicksand was going to be a much bigger problem than it turned out to be. Read more: The Outdoors’ Most Spectacular Natural Phenomena, Explained

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