I learned how to get out of quicksand when I visited Mont Saint-Michel (#France) by a friendly and funny tour guide :D #quicksand #escape #wind #survival Headphone users should be careful with the high volume.
I've added captions here for people who cant hear what the instructor is saying at (2:00), which is when the instruction starts: "So, to get out, the problem is: I musn't stay alot of time inside, because if I stay alot of time [inside the quicksand], all the water will get out, because I've dug some holes into the layer of sand, and the water gets out. You see? Everything becomes liquid. So I must get out very quickly because it could become hard - very hard. The water gets out, and the sand [will] get hard. Because the sand is soft, because the sand is full of water but [if the water gets out] the sand [will get hard]. Ok? So I must get out quickly. Check it out, I must [inaudible/not english] put my weight on one of my leg[s]. Like that (2:44). Okay? And then I, mix water and sand and make small movements like that, as I can. And I get out. The problem is not the first leg, but the second. The first is ok - quite easy - but some people think 'Oh I'm alive!' and get out, [but] they pull on their ligaments, the tendons and so on. So to get out I must kneel, like that (3:16). Put all my weight on my knee. All my weight on my knee. And this is hard. And I must move my second leg as I did for my first [leg]. And I must kneel again, and get out, okay? And if I get out, and if I have quicksand up to my waist, its very very [difficult]." The instructor then encourages participants to try it on their own.
Quicksand isn't just a phenomenon of ocean shores. I've seen it under the right conditions in desert river channels like the Little Colorado in Arizona and the Dirty Devil in Utah. It can also occur in braided rivers channels in the silt of glacial outwash rivers in the Yukon and Alaska. A climber coming down from Mount Logan died when they tried to pull him out of a quicksand entrapment and broke his spine. While paddling the Dolores River in Colorado I once encountered a cow stuck in quicksand. The group stopped and managed to free the animal.
We had the same experience exploring a channel at Lake Powel over 35 years ago when it was much fuller. Was fun at first as water trapped in the sand was springy but we all realized it could be a trap fairly easily. In a group so was not scary just fascinating!
Jokes aside this was really helpful. Let's summarize 1) You put all of your weight on one of your legs. 2) Wiggle the other leg to let the sand mix with water and free it. 3) Put your knee of the free leg on the surface of the quicksand and lean forward. 4) While putting all of your weight on your knee, wiggle the other leg till it's free. Congrats you're free, but always remember to stay calm in the quicksand and to think logically.
Mont St Michel is a stunning place. Beautiful views. But there are signs all over warning people of quicksand and high tides. At certain times of the day, all of the walking paths are completely engulfed in water and whole place is surrounded by water. It’s a majestic place but also has a mystical vibe. So happy I got the chance to visit. 🙏🏽
This is like all product demonstrations by sales people. Looks great and easy. but if we try, we would probably fall over and get ourselves pulled in head first.
You don't usually die from quicksand that way. However if you are stuck and the tide comes then you really don't have much time. Especially in Mont saint Michel because of the landscape the tide comes as a wave very suddenly. It still take a while to reach 40 cm but that's probably really scary
Thank you, what clever decision to instruct the walkers on the sand around Mont St. Michel. I've been there, but IN the solid "Mont" itself, not on the sand. If there's one thing I fear most, dying in quicksand is just that. This tour-guide did it very well, she knows what she's doing. At the start I was shocked to see all the sand moving under those feet, as if the whole group could vanish in one second, brrrrrr. Fortunately they learned.
Omg I remember this happening to me when I was like 6 years old. I was at a family reunion and playing in a lake when started sinking. I was about waist deep before my dad pulled me out. I lost my news shoes too 😭
What I learnt from comments, pulling out with force is dangerous. You can tear your ligaments cuz sand gets very hard. You gotta agitate it to get it looser. How did they pull you out? News shoes 😅 CNN or Fox News? I love typos like these :)
If you have been to the Mont Saint Michel before, you know not the quicksand is the biggest threat but the extremely quick rising water :) I enjoyed this video anyway...just in case I ever get stuck in the quicksand.
@@enistyxhari2407 Obviously.....by sustaining the laws of physics required to enable such activity. After all, physical laws do not CAUSE anything...they merely describe what is caused.....
“I used to think that quicksand was gonna be a MUCH bigger problem than it turned out to be… when you’re a kid, quicksand is like the third biggest thing you have to worry about other than real sticks of dynamite and giant anvils falling on you from the sky! I used to think about what to do about quicksand!” (The quote goes on for a bit) somebody tag John
not so easy in mush mud its more slithery sand has grains that are rougher best is learn to pay attention to surroundings not walk like everything is safe
Wow incredible good how she escaped, I saw videos were the guy was not even that far sunken into the sand and had not been able to free ihimself. Thy had to recover him with high pressure water hoses and wooden boards. He got the total panik and said it had hurt a lot, not the recovery but the pressure to his feeds was so intense that the blood had trouble to circulate. She made it look so easy - just wow and thank you for this tip how to escape.
Every couple of years I stumble across this video and even though I’ll probably never need to use this knowledge I still like to come back and relearn how to get out of quicksand
Visité por 1a vez el Mont Saint Michel cuando tenía 14 años (1957) y quedé enamorada de por vida...era el mes de Mayo, no había turismo y fue maravilloso...lo he visitado en otras ocasiones, pero ya no ha sido como la 1a vez...exceso de visitantes, pero sigo guardando un recuerdo imborrable, tanto del Monte como sus alrededores...Cancale, Saint Malo, etc...❤
Itz Milneo Me: .....will I suvive?....cause if not...*grabs chips and soda* I will die with my food :'< *grabs phone* and I'll take my phone....so I can play games in hell -^- *sinks in sand* :D
No..I'm also here from tamilnadu sinking in quicksand forced by the goverment ...Trying to come out ...but,i think it will take my whole life time to come out from this quicksand...Yeah,..I am still alive..And I'm 19...Politically, a very active man...more probably socially instead of politically...Mmm...Estimating that my right leg is freed right now..Coz.., I'm canvassing around my community which drives those people towards aware of political pressure on us.,i think that...A long way to go here to reach a gud destiny...
Things that I thought as a child that were legitimate threats to humans in no particular order. 1. Quick sand 2. The Bermuda Triangle 3. I thought i would see people regularly burst into flames around me and me yelling "stop, drop, and roll" would be an often occurrence.
Don't drive a car. Cars are the only mode of transportation that suffers from traffic, they are the only mode of transportation that contributes to traffic, and they are the only mode of transportation that can't avoid becoming part of traffic. I realize that many areas in North America don't give you an option, but the only solution to traffic is to drive less, and to use a different type of vehicle when possible.
Alright, so here’s how you get out, lean on your right leg, shake and pull the left. Once the left is out lean on your left knee and shake and pull the right leg out.
Me: has the worst headache I’ve ever had RU-vid: Watch this video!! Me: ok The Video: WIND Me: oh no… Still meb: okay I’m just going to suffer though it because SAND
