The New Yorker Magazine carries an article about Spanish athlete Beatriz Flamini , who “liked to be alone so much that she decided to live underground—and pursue a world record. ” The title of the article: “The Woman Who Spent Five Hundred Days in a Cave.” The article describes Flamini’s feat as “gruelling and surreal.” Smithsonian Magazine noted that Flamini was “equipped with little more than books and art supplies to keep busy … living in a cave underground with next to no contact with the outside world.” Widely covered by media.
URL: New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/29/the-woman-who-spent-five-hundred-days-in-a-cave; Smithsonian: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spanish-athlete-emerges-after-500-days-alone-in-underground-cave-180981998/