A Spanish female mountaineer who lived alone in an underground cave for 509 days came to the surface on the 14th (local time) to test the effects of isolation on the human body and mind. When the research team said to him in the cave, ‘It’s time to come up to the ground’, he said that he responded like this.
“already? I still have books to read… I think I can live another 500 days… .”
British daily Guardian and others went down to a 70m underground cave outside Granada, Spain on November 20, 2021 and illuminated Beatrice Flamini (50), an extreme mountaineer who came out on the ground on the 14th. Flamini set out to experiment to see how the human body and mind react in extreme isolation. He proposed to a TV production company to make a documentary about the experimental process, and soon a research team consisting of scientists from Almeria University in Spain was formed.
Beatrice Flamini Facebook captureWhen Flamini descended into the cave, the list included a camera, knitting tools, and a computer for sending messages, but no watch. The first 65 days passed quickly, but after that, the sense of time also became blurred. The research team checked his condition periodically, but there was no verbal communication. Before entering the cave, Flamini even told the research team, “If I lose someone I love, don’t tell me.”
When Flamini was about 300 days old, he did not talk to anyone even when he was on the ground for six days due to noise problems, according to the Spanish daily El Pais. The meal was solved with only the ingredients sent down by the research team. Crisis also came. The cave was filled with flies as flies came in from the outside and multiplied. Flamini solved the problem by changing the way the toilet was handled.
Beatrice Flamini Facebook captureComing out of the cave after 1 year, 4 months and 22 days, he told reporters, “I got along very well with myself. I am happy that my dream came true,” he said. “Of course there were difficult moments, but there were also very beautiful moments,” he said. “I really wanted to eat grilled chicken and potatoes.” He is said to have spent time in the cave reading 60 books, writing, and knitting.
The Guardian reported that “this record may be the longest a person has spent alone in a cave.” Flamini’s challenge will be made into a documentary.
Source: Donga
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