A hiker in Utahโs Arches National Park became trapped Sunday in something most people have seen only in old movies or TV shows โ quicksand.
The hiker, who was not injured, was trapped in the substance for several freezing hours, stuck up to his thighs in a canyon area Sunday morning, his rescuers said. There was a quicksand case in the same area, about 2 miles away, in 2014, but Sundayโs call at around 7:15 a.m. was still a surprise, Grand County Search and Rescue incident commander John Marshall said.
โThe page went off and I kind of shook my head and said: โDid I hear that correctly? Somebody is stuck in quicksand?โโ Marshall recalled in an interview Tuesday.
Rescuers used a ladder and vehicle traction boards to reach the hiker, Marshall said. The boards allowed rescuers to work next to the trapped hiker safely, he said.
