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

Between 30 and 40 fire and police personnel were involved in the operation to rescue a hiker stranded on top of Camelback ...

No one has reported seeing Joseph Brambila, 21, since he disappeared on Mt. Whitney on Nov. 11. He had climbed the peak ...

Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches ...

The hiker's GPS watch, which uses satellite signals to log routes and monitors heart rate, was retrieved after the fatal ...

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 was on a solo hike in Arches National Park when he got stuck in quicksand. Emergency responders rescued him ...

Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the ...

A hiker's backpacking trip turned into a rescue mission after he became trapped in quicksand in a canyon in Utah’s Arches ...

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

Seasoned hiker shares harrowing survival story after being stuck knee-deep in quicksand during freezing temperatures at the ...