The woman was born who was locked up in a cave for 500 days

A Spanish athlete spent 500 days isolated in a cave with no direct contact with the outside world, although she did it in two batches, since at one point she had to leave for about a week, according to what she told and reported in the Spanish media this Friday.

“I haven’t talked to anyone for a year and a half, only myself”Beatriz Flamini told reporters when she left this Friday, helped by speleologists, from a cave located about 10 kilometers from Motril (Andalusia, south), where she spent 500 days 70 meters underground.

The goal of Flamini, who defines herself as a “mountaineer, elite athlete and climber”, was to remain alone in a cave, in isolation, with no time references, no news and no contact with the outside world. The woman, who described this personal challenge as “excellent and insurmountable”, was treated fresh out of a psychologist and underwent a medical examination before reporting to the press.

The cave is located near the coast of Granada, Spain. The hole where Flamini lived was about 12 meters high and had a similar surface area. The conditions of her adventure forced her to know nothing of the outside, But she had a computer and a router that allowed her to send text messages and video messages and, at the same time, helped her supervisors to know the adventurer’s specific status and needs.

At the press conference that he held just over two hours after leaving the cave, Flamini was in a good mood and willing to participate in everyone, even if it was sometimes difficult for him to put the arguments together. He also acknowledged that he has some memory lapses, especially short-term ones. Flamini said that everything that could have happened inside had already been planned, in reference to the previous psychological preparation, which he took into account all the variables. Nothing took her by surprise except “the flies”, which at a specific time and for a while “became very annoying”.

In the cave, Flamini had books, artificial light, and cameras to record his experience, but no tools to check the weather. and was supported by a technical team who left her food without having contact with her.

“I don’t know what happened in the world (…) for me it’s still November 21, 2021”, the first day in the cave, “and seeing everyone wearing a mask, for me it’s still (the pandemic) covid”, he said Flamini, 50, at a press conference, referring to the journalists, who wore a mask for safety.

“There have been many challenges of this kind, but none with all the premises that have been set: alone and in total isolation, without contact with the outside, without (natural) light, without time references,” said David Reyes, of the Andalusian Federation of Speleology, which was responsible for the safety of Flamini.

The experience, which will be the subject of a documentary by the Spanish production house Dokumalia, had among its objectives that of seeing the mental and physical repercussions of an isolation like this.

It was “a test of extreme resistance”, the Minister of Tourism, Héctor Gómez, estimated on public television, who said he hoped that “this test would be of great scientific value”.

“There have been difficult moments and it is true that there have been very good moments and both have been the ones who have managed to achieve” the goal, said this athlete who in the past spent periods of isolation on the tops of the mountains at the press conference , according to reported on Instagram.

Stating that she “never” thought of giving up, not even when she suffered an invasion of flies inside the cave, she said she devoted the time “to reading, writing, drawing, knitting, being, having fun”.

“I haven’t talked to myself out loud, the conversations I’ve had, I’ve had absolutely internally,” she said. “I got along really well with myself,” she added with a smile.