Between applause. This is how Beatriz Flamini, the elite athlete, mountaineer, climber and speleologist, who has broken the world record for staying in a cave: 500 days completely alone underground without contact with the outside or temporal references, left this Friday around nine in the morning. of any kind.
The woman from Madrid, who has been practicing solitude in nature for the last few years, thus lent herself to a scientific experiment that is part of the Timecave project. The expectation was maximum at the entrance of that cave in Motril. At the foot of it, all her companions were waiting impatiently for her and, as soon as she stuck out her smiling head, they broke into applause. And to laugh. Because the first sentence that Beatriz has released has been: "Who is going to pay for the beers?"
This Friday, April 14, 2023, will go down in history for the feat achieved by Beatriz Flamini: staying in a cave 70 meters deep, completely alone, without contact with the outside world, without a mobile phone or watch and, therefore, without know when it is day and when it is night, and in silence. This speleologist has talked to herself for a year and a half.
And all to show that a better life is possible away from the burdens that society has imposed on us. In addition to finding out what effects it has on the body and mind of a human being when exposed to a challenge of these characteristics.
Members of the Speleological Activities Group of Motril, the coastal town of Granada where the cavity where Beatriz Flamini has been is located, waited at the entrance to receive her after 500 days underground. But previously and first thing in the morning, two speleologists and a psychologist came down to help the athlete in her exit abroad.
After forty long minutes, Flamini stuck her head out, wearing sunglasses and smiling, showing immense gratitude to those present, her colleagues and friends, for accompanying her in this challenge. In fact, during that warm welcome amidst applause, the speleologist did not hesitate to blurt out: "Who is going to pay for the beers?" A phrase that has caused the laughter of those present in a most emotional moment.
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