When it is grounded to the floor, try to avoid the quicksand by doing multiple jumps.
In ground which is of the nature of quicksand, piles will often slowly rise to their original position after each blow.
Two large water mains had both ruptured, and flowing underground had formed a quicksand.
As he rode, problems bobbed to the surface of his mind like driftwood released from quicksand – ready to be plucked from the surface and worked into something useable.
Imagine a million square miles of empty desert, an unmapped land patched with treacherous quicksand, a blisteringly hot place lashed by sandstorms.