A true Alaska tale.... in Alaska they call it glacial silt not quicksand!
One fall while guiding a moose hunt and walking the shoreline of the Tanana river in Alaska being the one on point because of the presence of bears I knew I was in trouble when my next step went into the mud up to my knee. Reacting slowly to this unexpected encounter as i stepped down with my other foot I sank to my waste.
The other guide moved the hunters back and then proceeded to throw all manor of tree branches to me. I bent over and laid down with my stomach across the mud hoping to slow my sinking any further. I gathered the branches up and inch by inch moved my body across them as i was pulled out on a rope the other guide had also thrown me.
The men we were guiding didn't waver in their determination
and we continued on our hunt
to a successful conclusion.
Thats me on the left....
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