Beatriz Flamini, a 50-year-old mountain climber from Madrid, has emerged from an underground cave in southern Spain after spending 500 days in isolation. According to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters, Flamini entered the cave on Saturday, November 20, 2021, and finally emerged around 9 a.m. local time on Friday. The cave was located about 70 meters (230 feet) underground, and Flamini said she passed the time by exercising, reading books, drawing, painting, and knitting. She was interrupted for eight days during her stay, leaving her with a total of 509 days between April 14 and the day she began the project. As she embraced well-wishers upon her exit, Flamini's first words included asking who would be paying for a celebratory round of beers. She described her experience of being cut off from the world as "excellent, unbeatable," and then requested to be excused as she needed a shower, having not had one in more than 16 months. The
