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05/14/2019 01:33PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Last year my dog and I walked into some mud at the end of a portage and ended up sinking pretty deep into it, I was about waist deep and my dog was up to his chest. We both got out and were fine but it was a little frightening. I'm definitely going to be more careful where I step from now on.
Is sinking and getting trapped in mud or a bog a serious danger?
Is sinking and getting trapped in mud or a bog a serious danger?
05/14/2019 02:04PM
It can be. My dad shared with me some interesting story's about bogs on his farm growing up in the 1950s. They aren't something to play around with that's for sure.
We once came across quick sand on a trout stream in southern Minnesota, that is also scary.
We once came across quick sand on a trout stream in southern Minnesota, that is also scary.
Life jackets float, you don't!
05/14/2019 02:46PM
I found quick-mud on a canoe trip with the Scouts near where we camped for a night. It was on the bank of the Minnesota River somewhere between Morton and Fort Ridgely. It was quite viscous at first, but all the kids jumping in it loosened it up real good. No one sunk to their doom. All who partook in the fun were older strong swimmers. Once everyone got out it returned to look like a solid mud flat.
05/14/2019 03:03PM
If you go bushwacking across a bog, yes. It's a real danger and the bog could swallow you alive. Just depends on how deep it is under the bog and what the lake bed is like.
When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known. - Sigurd F. Olson, "The Singing Wilderness"
05/14/2019 04:24PM
In the T-V wilderness shows, it has been shown by them that if you are going down in quicksand (in this case mud), you should bend at your waist about 90 degrees so that you are not a missile headed to your doom. The idea is to create a broad base of yourself and then dog paddle, grab, and kick your way to solid ground. Best to not get into a position where it actually makes a difference.
the greatest come backs are reserved for those with the greatest deficits.
05/14/2019 11:38PM
mirth: "If you go bushwacking across a bog, yes. It's a real danger and the bog could swallow you alive. Just depends on how deep it is under the bog and what the lake bed is like."
We did a "bog walk" back in high school for our Outdoor Adventures class. Many of us fell through. No one got "swallowed."
Fell through a few bogs after that while duck hunting. Still here:)
05/14/2019 11:53PM
inspector13: "I found quick-mud on a canoe with the Scouts near where we camped for a night. It was on the bank of the Minnesota River somewhere between Morton and Fort Ridgely. It was quite viscous at first, but all the kids jumping in it loosened it up real good. No one sunk to their doom. All who partook in the fun were older strong swimmers. Once everyone got out it returned to look like a solid mud flat."
Give me an e-mail! We need to talk sir! Mitch
Joy is a great teacher, but so is dispair. Wonder is a great teacher, but so is confusion. Hope is a great teacher, but so is disillusionment. And life is a great teacher, but so is death. To deny yourself any of those in any aspect is not experiencing life totally.
05/15/2019 03:00PM
riverrunner: "Not to dangerous with some one else along to help.
Can be real dangerous by your self."
Well, sometimes both ways. This story has stuck with me for the last thirty years. I wasn't there at the time, but I have worked a SAR mission on this mud:
Turnagain Arm mud fatality
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