As part of an experiment closely monitored by scientists seeking to learn more about the capacity of the human mind and circadian rhythms, Spanish elite mountaineer Beatriz Flamini completed a 500-day challenge living in a cave
Wearing dark glasses and smiling as she adjusted to the light of spring in southern Spain, elite mountaineer Beatriz Flamini told reporters that time had flown by and she did not want to come out.
She did come out for eight days, her team disclosed, but stayed isolated in a tent waiting for repairs to a router used to send audios and videos to tell her team how she was doing.Asked if she ever thought about pressing her panic button or leaving the cave, she replied: "Never. In fact I didn't want to come out.
She said she had focused on retaining "coherence", eating well and relishing the silence. She looked forward to treats such as avocados, fresh eggs and clean t-shirts that her support team sent down before, "like gods", also removing her waste. She said her team had been told to contact her under no circumstances, even about a family death. "If it's no communication it's no communication regardless of the circumstances. The people who know me knew and respected that."
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