Once the hole has been blasted open with hot water, a probe carrying an ultraviolet light will be lowered to sterilise its upper section.

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Back in 2003, a guy in Colorado named Matthew Cole cut out a giant square hole in his living room floor, sunk in a hot tub and turned his modest bachelor pad into a magnificent poor man's grotto.

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Cabrera rode a hot putter on the front nine to a slick birdie on the sixth hole on a downhill putt that hit the middle of the cup.

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Guests can look forward to a Camelback Signature Facial complete with a hot stone hand and foot massage, or explore the Camelback Golf Club, featuring two-championship 18-hole courses and a 36, 000-square-foot pueblo-style clubhouse.

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He recently used an ax to cut through the ice in the pond next to the sauna, making a hole so that "saunalised" competitors could jump into the icy water after their time in the hot room, to win extra points.

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