![]() The quicksand itself probably won’t kill you, but you do risk dehydration or exposure to the elements if unable to free yourself.īeing stuck in the open, wet and growing colder, will quickly induce hypothermia, itself a major killer. Quicksand is a legitimate concern when exploring the wild, especially when on your own. The fascination with the threat of quicksand peaked in the 70’s, but it’s still out there in the wild waiting to suck you in even though it has been relegated more or less to joke status today. ![]() This imagined threat was so severe that even NASA scientists speculated that the surface of the moon might have been host to deadly oceans of quicksand that would mire a lander hopelessly, stranding our poor astronauts. It used to be everywhere, but now you’d be hard pressed to find a modern Hollywood movie showcasing a quicksand rescue attempt. Based on my assessments when I was younger, I thought that quicksand would be a much bigger hazard as an adult.
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