We all need to be alone once in a while. But Beatriz Flamini took things to a whole new level. A resident of Madrid, Spain, spent 500 days alone in a 230-foot (70-meter) cave. underground. Flamini was 48 when he entered school isolation and when she’s 50 Appeared From the cave on April 14, 2023. Radical Athlete Picked Up challenge to test her mental strength.She also wanted to help scientists expedition of effect Isolation of the human body and mind.
Flamini entered a cave outside Granada, Spain on November 20, 2021. document Her underground stay, 60 books, and some arts and crafts.Assisted by a team of volunteers Ambitious expedition By regularly dropping food, clothing, and water near the cave EntranceThey also use daily video recordings monitor The state of mind and body of Flamini.
About 300 days after the challenge, Flamini was forced out of the cave. technical problem. After she spent eight days in a tent in total isolation, resume she quest.
Flamini is great for exercising, preparing meals, reading, knitting, and drawing. She says she completely lost her sense of time after about two months. stunned 500 days later, when the support crew came to retrieve her.
“I was sleeping, or at least dozing off, when they came down to get me,” she said. of Guardian“I thought something happened. I said: ‘No more? No way.’ I didn’t finished my book. “
Flamini may have broken the world record for the longest time spent alone in a cave.but feat Not certified by Guinness World Records.they still investigating somehow spontaneously staying in a cave another A record and whether Flamini broke it.
The current record for “longest time survived trapped underground” is held by 33 South American miners. They forced him to spend 69 days in a collapsed mine until he was rescued in 2010.
Resources: Smithsonianmagazine.com, BBC.com, NPR.com
