![]() ![]() “The water was so cold I thought for sure I’d lose my leg because there was no way she was going to be able to get there fast enough to have people come get me out,” Osmun told ABC News.Īfter hiking alone for hours, McNeill was able to call for help, and rangers located her close to the trailhead, according to a news release from Zion National Park that detailed the rescue. “There was a couple times I thought I might as well just turn back, and we can just be together for the last moments.” Scariest thing, I didn’t even know if I would be able to do that hike by myself,” she told ABC News. “It was the hardest thing I’ve had to do. Ultimately, McNeill left Osman to go look for help, or at least for a cell signal so she could call 911. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be dangerous.įor Osmun, his predicament meant he was trapped in frigid water and exposed to the elements as winter storms hit the region. The weather was most likely a contributing factor.”ĭespite what Hollywood might have you think, a 2005 study by researchers at the University of Amsterdam showed that it is not possible for a person to sink entirely into quicksand, because they are too buoyant. “We have been unusually wet here this winter. “Quicksand is not normally a problem at Zion, but it does happen if conditions are right,” said Alyssa Baltrus, a spokeswoman for the park. If something – like a limb – is submerged, it is incredibly hard to escape. If exposed to a sudden shock or stress, like the weight of a hiker, it can become unstable. ![]() So to speak.Quicksand forms when water or air becomes trapped in sand. Imagine if THAT'S what ultimately brought the Hulk down. It's been an eternity since I saw that clip, but I suspect Hulk's anger would've made him sink even faster. Not before he freaked/hulked out, naturally. *** Final Thoughts: Funny, the quicksand scene I remember most from any media was The Incredibly Hulk when David got stuck and was sinking until a blind chick tried to save him. I'm never ever going to the jungle I vow and I'm gonna let that sink in. I WANTED to like this more, especially with my phobia. Open Water and 127 Hours just to name a couple. Kinda hard to make an entire movie based on Quicksand and yet, they've done more with less. So, I just YouTubed how to survive quicksand and.okay, I'll give this movie some realism. ![]() I've been told, it's nothing like what you see on TV or in movies. When I was a kid, I was deathly afraid of quicksand because of what I saw on the tele. A hard one to believe, but they had a budget and had to end the movie as the money ran out. After what feels like an eternity, they land right into the Title Card and if you've seen Open Water, that's how this mostly plays out. A really annoying couple are breaking up since this had to keep with the standard Man v Nature Movie Tropes. Admittedly, there were tense moments, but again, they fizzle fast and back to more Hallmark/Lifetime scenes. This was just plain dumb with LARGE melodramatic chunks, unnecessary slo-mo, poorly paced, really odd choices in acting and life-threatening twists that abruptly end without conclusion. I mean, I guess if you count Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. All I know about quicksand, I learned from movies and TV shows, mostly during the 70s. I'd say this sunk fast, but even at only 86 minutes, it felt like it was four hours. ![]()
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