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| Beatriz Flamini: Athlete emerges after 500 days living in cave | Beatriz Flamini: Athlete emerges after 500 days living in cave |
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| A Spanish extreme athlete has emerged from a cave after spending 500 days with no human contact, in what could be a world record. | A Spanish extreme athlete has emerged from a cave after spending 500 days with no human contact, in what could be a world record. |
| When Beatriz Flamini entered the cave in Granada, Russia had not invaded Ukraine and the world was still in the grip of the Covid pandemic. | When Beatriz Flamini entered the cave in Granada, Russia had not invaded Ukraine and the world was still in the grip of the Covid pandemic. |
| It was part of an experiment closely monitored by scientists. | It was part of an experiment closely monitored by scientists. |
| "I'm still stuck on November 21, 2021. I don't know anything about the world," she said after exiting the cave. | "I'm still stuck on November 21, 2021. I don't know anything about the world," she said after exiting the cave. |
| Ms Flamini, 50, entered the cave aged 48. She spent her time in the 70-metres (230 feet) deep cave exercising, drawing and knitting woolly hats. She got through 60 books and 1,000 litres of water, according to her support team. | Ms Flamini, 50, entered the cave aged 48. She spent her time in the 70-metres (230 feet) deep cave exercising, drawing and knitting woolly hats. She got through 60 books and 1,000 litres of water, according to her support team. |
| She was monitored by a group of psychologists, researchers, speleologists - specialists in the study of caves - but none of the experts made contact with her. | She was monitored by a group of psychologists, researchers, speleologists - specialists in the study of caves - but none of the experts made contact with her. |
| Footage on the Spanish TVE station showed her climbing out of the cave grinning, before hugging her team. | Footage on the Spanish TVE station showed her climbing out of the cave grinning, before hugging her team. |
| Speaking shortly afterwards, she described her experience as "excellent, unbeatable". | Speaking shortly afterwards, she described her experience as "excellent, unbeatable". |
| "I've been silent for a year-and-a-half, not talking to anyone but myself," she said, while reporters pressed her for more details. | "I've been silent for a year-and-a-half, not talking to anyone but myself," she said, while reporters pressed her for more details. |
| "I lose my balance, that's why I'm being held. If you allow me to take a shower - I haven't touched water for a year-and-a-half - I'll see you in a little while. Is that OK with you?" | "I lose my balance, that's why I'm being held. If you allow me to take a shower - I haven't touched water for a year-and-a-half - I'll see you in a little while. Is that OK with you?" |
| Flamini's team say she has broken a world record for longest time spent in a cave | Flamini's team say she has broken a world record for longest time spent in a cave |
| Ms Flamini later told reporters she lost track of time after about two months. | Ms Flamini later told reporters she lost track of time after about two months. |
| "There was a moment when I had to stop counting the days," she said, adding that she thought she'd been in the cave for "between 160-170 days". | "There was a moment when I had to stop counting the days," she said, adding that she thought she'd been in the cave for "between 160-170 days". |
| One of the toughest moments came when there was an invasion of flies inside the cave, leaving her covered, she said. | One of the toughest moments came when there was an invasion of flies inside the cave, leaving her covered, she said. |
| The extreme athlete also described "auditory hallucinations". | The extreme athlete also described "auditory hallucinations". |
| "You are silent and the brain makes it up," she said. | "You are silent and the brain makes it up," she said. |
| Experts have been using her time in isolation to study the impact of social isolation and extreme temporary disorientation on people's perception of time. | Experts have been using her time in isolation to study the impact of social isolation and extreme temporary disorientation on people's perception of time. |
| Ms Flamini's support team said she has broken a world record for the longest time spent in a cave, but the Guinness World Records has not confirmed whether there is a record for voluntary time living in a cave. | |
| It has awarded the "longest time survived trapped underground" to the 33 Chilean and Bolivian miners who spent 69 days 688 m (2,257 ft) underground after the collapse of a copper-gold mine in Chile in 2010. | It has awarded the "longest time survived trapped underground" to the 33 Chilean and Bolivian miners who spent 69 days 688 m (2,257 ft) underground after the collapse of a copper-gold mine in Chile in 2010. |
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