bogbud wrote:That stuff you guys and Nessie are sinking in must be quite different from the muds and bogs over here.
My personal sinking places were all pretty non-threatening, actually -- I never did get seriously stuck at any of my own locations. I didn't even get partially stuck.
I'm not sure what was up with the shoe as my actual bare foot had no difficulty at all. I even remember kneeling in that muck pulling on that stupid shoe with both hands and still failing to move it. I stood right up and left the mud -- no problem -- but without the shoe!
It didn't ever happen to me again, either.
I have a theory that experienced mud people tend not to get stuck a lot unless we really like being stuck or the danger of potentially losing the struggle is part of the turn-on. We learn what deep mud is really like, and eventually we mostly just know what we should and shouldn't do.
I once received an email from a mud man who passed me a news story about a guy working on electric poles strung over a marsh who got seriously stuck in a location very close to where I live. He had to be rescued. And a lot of my personal sinking spots looked exactly like that. I even had that exact marsh on my list of places to explore until I discovered that it was private property.
I'm going to bet, though, that the electric worker was wearing work boots!
Nessie