The elite athlete, mountaineer and climber Beatrice Flamini has left this Friday the cave in which it has remained alone for 500 days at a depth of 70 meters, thus fulfilling the challenge that was proposed when he decided to live this personal challenge, which he has defined as “excellent and second to none”.
With the help of members of the Motril Speleological Activities Group, the coastal town of Grenade where the cavity is located, Flamini has left minutes after 9 o’clock in apparent good health, with Sunglasses to protect your eyes and wide grin from the shelter underground that has been your home for the more than 16 months that the experiment has lasted, with which he has also beaten a world record.
Early in the morning they went down to the cave two speleologists and a psychologist to provide coverage to the athlete on her way abroad, which lasted about 40 minutes.
Outside the cave they were waiting for her, in addition to people involved in the project, friends who, with a mask to protect their health, have received it with a Strong applause, to which Flamini, who He entered at 48 and left at 50, has responded by saying that he loves them “a lot” and that he feels “grateful”, and he has apologized and that they do not take into account what happened below.
long hugs with friends and team members who has followed her situation on a daily basis have followed one another in the reception of the athlete, who will offer a press conference starting at 11 a.m. to recount her experience.
VIDEO | Underground record: 500 days in a cave without outside contact.
⛰️ In solitude, without time references and without contact with the outside… Beatriz Flamini, elite athlete and mountaineer, explains what led her to embark on this adventure 👇
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Once more calm, and always smiling, she addressed the media gathered there: “I would like to be able to be kind, to be able to answer you but there is a press conference, If you allow me I can take a shower, I haven’t touched the water for a year and a half, see you later in a little while”.
He also thanked the professionalism of the group of psychologists, speleologists and physical trainers involved in the project because without them, he said, it would not have been possible.
During all this time, she has been leaving the video cards she recorded in the exchange area of the cave scheduled with the speleologists, where she also Food delivery and garbage removal took place without any communication.
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This experience is part of the project ‘Timecave’, which began two years ago, when she is passionate about solo expeditions Through the highest peaks in the world and an expert in self-sufficiency, she contacted the producer Dokumalia to challenge her to remain alone and without outside contact in a cave for 500 days.
The producer has recorded their daily life 70 meters underground, which research groups from the universities of Granada and Almería have followed closely to study how social isolation and extreme temporary disorientation affect to the perception of time, as well as the neuropsychological changes that has entailed this tremendous challenge in the face of loneliness, the absence of natural light and cognitive and social isolation.