Experienced hiker rescued after getting trapped in quicksand at Utah's Arches National Park

An experienced hiker who became trapped successful quicksand for hours astatine a famed nationalist parkland successful Utah connected Sunday described the ordeal arsenic "the closest I’ve ever travel to dying."

Austin Dirks, who has logged thousands of miles connected hiking trails, told FOX13 Salt Lake City that helium was trekking done the precocious extremity of Courthouse Wash successful Arches National Park conscionable earlier sunrise erstwhile his near limb abruptly sank into what helium thought was coagulated ground.

"I was capable to propulsion it out, and past I shifted each my value to my close foot," Dirks said. "And I sunk up to the knee. It felt similar I had stepped into concrete, and past it hardened astir my leg. I couldn't adjacent determination it a millimeter."

Dirks utilized a GPS outer messenger to alert authorities to his nonstop location.

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Austin Dirks told FOX13 that helium is simply a play godforsaken hiker who has logged thousands of miles connected trails. (Austin Dirks)

The toughest portion of the ordeal, however, was waiting for their arrival.

Dirks said helium persisted done 20-degree temperatures portion stuck astatine a 45-degree space for 2 hours until helium saw a rescue drone alert overhead.

Dirks was stuck successful the quicksand for 2 hours successful freezing temperatures earlier rescuers arrived. (Grand County Search and Rescue)

Drone video captured rescuers arriving successful the canyon and moving to escaped Dirks.

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"I realized that that's the closest I've ever travel to dying," Dirks told the outlet. "I beryllium them my life."

Dirks said helium owes the rescuers his beingness pursuing the harrowing ordeal. (Austin Dirks)

Dirks noted that earlier the ordeal, helium had thought of quicksand arsenic "more of a folklore oregon a legend" recovered successful movies.

Real quicksand is precise antithetic from the melodramatic portrayals of Hollywood. Quicksand is simply a muddy substance of sand, h2o and sometimes clay that forms from rising groundwater. While the soil won’t enactment overmuch weight, humans are excessively buoyant to descend wholly beneath the sand.

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"How it's depicted connected TV is thing similar it is successful existent life," Dirks said. "The quality assemblage is much buoyant than the quicksand, truthful you'll ne'er descend to supra your head."

Experts accidental that leaning backmost successful the quicksand tin assistance administer your value and assistance relieve the unit astir your legs.