![]() “Each time you pull up your leg, you’ll find that suction drags it back down again. That means that the more you fight it, the more it resists you,” says Bear in How to Stay Alive. “Disturb it more violently and it becomes more viscous, more difficult to escape. ![]() Keep calm, control your breathing and keep your movements slow. The golden rule if you get stuck is to avoid panicking and flailing around, as when you disturb quicksand, it causes it to become more liquid and you will only sink deeper. Here’s what Bear says to do if you find yourself mired in quicksand. Quicksand is twice as dense as the human body, so you will probably only sink to your waist or your chest at most.īut it can kill you: If the tide comes in or a flash flood starts, you can drown, or if you just can’t get out, you can die of exposure. The good news is that you won’t likely drown in quicksand, says Bear Grylls, unlike in movies where people get sucked under the surface. So when something heavier-like your body-displaces it, it can create a suction and the heavier thing (you) will begin to sink. It’s composed of loose sand that’s fully saturated and therefore suspended in water. Quicksand can be found anywhere that water and sand meet-by the sea, along river banks, near lakes and marshes.
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