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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alastair Jamieson

Spanish woman leaves cave after 500 days in total isolation OLD

EPA

An extreme athlete emerged on Friday from a cave 230 feet underground where she spent 500 days isolated from the outside world in what could be a new world record.

Beatriz Flamini, 50, left the cave in southern Spain where she had been since 21 November, 2021 – and immediately went for a shower.

The elite sportswoman, mountaineer and climber, had been monitored by scientists in an project called Timewave to learn more about the capacities of the human mind and circadian rhythms.

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