Spanish woman spends 500 days underground

Share to Google Classroom

A Spanish extreme athlete named Beatriz Flamini has made history by spending 500 days underground.

Flamini emerged from a cave in Grenada after spending a staggering 500 days without seeing the sun.

The 50-year-old entered the cave on November 21, 2021, with a mission to understand the impact of isolation and deprivation on the human body and mind.

Flamini was monitored remotely by a team of scientists from the universities of Almeria, Granada, and Murcia throughout her stay. She passed her time in the cave by reading, writing, drawing, exercising, and knitting, and managed to read 60 books during her time underground.

Flamini’s achievement is believed to be a new world record for the longest time spent alone in a cave, and her journey will be documented in an upcoming documentary.

1
A cat from Dallas, Texas, has made history by jumping...
1
An Iranian man has broken a world record by balancing...
1
New York City is getting ready to celebrate one of...

World & National News

1
Billie Eilish was the big winner at this year’s American...
1
A rare native plant called Te pua o te Rēinga,...
1
Next week in Nelson, tap water from towns and cities...
1
Christchurch musician Holly Arrowsmith has won the 2025 APRA Best...
1
For the first time in 20 years, Rotorua has officially...