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General Discussion / Re: Tent dimensions
« Last post by Arjan on November 02, 2024, 12:18:41 PM »Studying the photos retrieved from the films found by the first search party and the photos made by the first search party, two dimensions of the tent are of interest.
First dimensions of the tent in use before the ascend to the last camp site
The first dimensions of the tent as used by the complete Dyatlov group are available on the website dyatlovpass.com under:
https://dyatlovpass.com/1959-search?flp=1#the-tent
The dimensions are: 4 meters long and 1.8 meters width. These dimension fit a group of 8 to 10 group members. During a cold night they ought to sleep 'spoonwise' in order to keep themselves warm during the cold night. Of course it is rather tight with all gear inside.
Second dimensions of the tent found standing on one pole (Ski pole?)
Personally I sincerely take into account that the tent had been compressed by the overpressure of a blast wave high in the air during a few milliseconds. After this tiny period of overpressure, the tent had been inflated like balloon by the period of underpressure. After the group members inside the tent had recovered from the blast wave, they had cut themselves out of the tent in panic.
After recovery standing outside in a temporary 'white out' - caused by the underpressure - they had re-erected the tent on one pole for emergency shelter for two or three group members.
This photo made by one member of the first search party show:
- a very probably re-erected tent standing on one pole, that may arguably have been a broken skipole (see arguably the lower part of the broken pole between the person on the photo and the tent)
This probably re-erected tent provides an excellent emergency bivac for two or three persons, who may have easily survived a cold night - covered by many blankets while lying huddled together in the length dimension of the tent. The heads of these two or three group members who had spent the fatal night for the others may probably have been oriented to the opening of the tent near the broken? tent pole.
Remark: the other group members had not survived the cold night while staying in the ravine or near the cedar (both Yuris).
First dimensions of the tent in use before the ascend to the last camp site
The first dimensions of the tent as used by the complete Dyatlov group are available on the website dyatlovpass.com under:
https://dyatlovpass.com/1959-search?flp=1#the-tent
The dimensions are: 4 meters long and 1.8 meters width. These dimension fit a group of 8 to 10 group members. During a cold night they ought to sleep 'spoonwise' in order to keep themselves warm during the cold night. Of course it is rather tight with all gear inside.
Second dimensions of the tent found standing on one pole (Ski pole?)
Personally I sincerely take into account that the tent had been compressed by the overpressure of a blast wave high in the air during a few milliseconds. After this tiny period of overpressure, the tent had been inflated like balloon by the period of underpressure. After the group members inside the tent had recovered from the blast wave, they had cut themselves out of the tent in panic.
After recovery standing outside in a temporary 'white out' - caused by the underpressure - they had re-erected the tent on one pole for emergency shelter for two or three group members.
This photo made by one member of the first search party show:
- a very probably re-erected tent standing on one pole, that may arguably have been a broken skipole (see arguably the lower part of the broken pole between the person on the photo and the tent)
This probably re-erected tent provides an excellent emergency bivac for two or three persons, who may have easily survived a cold night - covered by many blankets while lying huddled together in the length dimension of the tent. The heads of these two or three group members who had spent the fatal night for the others may probably have been oriented to the opening of the tent near the broken? tent pole.
Remark: the other group members had not survived the cold night while staying in the ravine or near the cedar (both Yuris).