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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Spanish Extreme Athlete Emerges into Daylight after 500 Days Living in Cave

Beatriz Flamini, Spanish mountaineer who has been isolated 500 days in a cave in southern Spain, is seen leaving the cave and hugging teammates in Motril, Spain April 14, 2023 in this screen grab taken from a handout video. (Forta/Handout via Reuters)

A 50-year-old Spanish extreme athlete who spent 500 days living 70-meters (230 feet) deep in a cave outside Granada with no contact with the outside world has told how the time flew by and she did not want to come out.

Beatriz Flamini, an elite sportswoman and mountaineer, is said by her support team to have broken a world record for the longest time spent in a cave in an experiment closely monitored by scientists seeking to learn more about the capacities of the human mind and circadian rhythms. She was 48 when she went into the cave, and celebrated two birthdays alone underground.

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