Also, when people think of sand, they think of beach sand, which is somewhat wet or recently was wet than it have dried, but there is also the variant of very, very dry sand (sometimes can be confused with earth), which is just a little bit softer than a solid ground.
Source: Someone who fell on deserts of Arabia, repeatedly, and almost broke a couple of bones.
Almost a Pyrrhic victory by the sound of things!
Perhaps more of a pyramidic victory in this case, no?
Bravo!
Re:What Makes Sand Soft?
by ampdepolymerase on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @02:08PM
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But you did receive a literal crash course on non-Newtonian fluids :)
As young man I tried jumping down a steep dune ~100+ meters tall. My plan was to run, jump and roll all the way down. I got enough speed and air that I was about 2m up, which is high enough even at steep slope landing on sand to knock the wind out of you. And then I rolled, and bounced, and each bounce hurt. It was like whoosh, oww, bounce, owwww, bounce, owwww, etc. Also, sand in every orifice.
Moral victory: I probably lost 60m altitude rolling.