During trip Skialpinism at Kamchatka 2009 – list of articles, photos and results we also had skied down volcano Viljuchinskij (2173 m). At its bottom we slept two days in tents. There was windy weather described by Matus as: „nicely fresh wind blowing with speed higher than pleasant“. So, we started to dig consume hole, which insulate eating people from strong wind.
Miso is digging consume hole, Viljuchinskij in background
Trip to Kamchatka was supported by KAMA (caps), Voda hory (backpack Karrimor), Tilak (anorak Tilak Evolution and trousser Tilak Raptor), Quill-outdoor (knives Opinel), www.lacnyskialp.sk (skis Ski Trab) and Baston (glasses Julbo, skis Movement Iki, skialpinism binding Diamir Eagle).
Cooking at the bottom of Viljuchinskij
Vseta dit not participated for digging and staying in the hole, because he was cooking and eating all the time without break for doing anything else, for example using snow showel. There were up to 2.5 meters of snow. It was very easy to dig big hole to hid also the highest guys in our group – Milos and bruder Libor.
Forming walls showed by Miso
We dig and dig the hole until it was finished. From side of tents there were constructed stairs and patches for dishes. There could be up to 5 people in the hole – for food and vodka.
Consume hole finished
Hole was good protection against strong wind and increasing temperature comfort.
Standard usage of hole by Kuchynovci
ATTENTION! Consume hole is not patented yet, evenwhen Matus talked about that all the time.
Relaxation in hole
Libor, Mirka, Matus and Miso in the hole
