She did take a 8 day break from the cave (which she spent on a tent above the cave without human contact but breaking the no-sunlight rule) because her wifi network which was in use for the security cameras/footage broke and the IT guys have to come and fix it around day 298.
This will probably make it not a record previously held by an Ucranian on 465 day mark but still very impressive
Also there will be a documentary coming out from her team
Seems the "Captivity" sections goes into more depth about why she probably doesn't hold the record:
> For the first six months of her captivity, Kampusch was not allowed to leave the chamber at any time, [...] Afterward, she spent increasing amounts of time upstairs in the rest of the house,
> In later years, she was seen outside in the garden alone
Seems she wasn't underground for the entire duration.
> Evidence recovery was complicated, as Přiklopil's only computer was a 1980s Commodore 64, which is incompatible with modern-day data-recovery programs.[37]
I was reading about a Buddhist ritual for self mummification. The final phase involved being voluntarily lowered into the ground in a lotus position until they die.
It’s quite amazing what the human mind can do. Especially when you’re crazy.
I have to admit that to me, this actually sounds quite nice. She had books, fresh food and clean clothes were sent down to her. I would totally do this.
A Russian fled to Siberia, or they had no contact with anyone for decades. The father’s brother was executed in front of him due to Stalins religious persecution.
So they were motivated to stay hidden.
They could see satellites, overtime, and figured what those were. Understanding that rocket tech had continue to advance. Plastic wrap, however blew their minds.
Similar previous research: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefania_Follini
spent 130 days underground, isolated from external clues about time and circadian rhythms. Her sleep cycle lengthened a lot.
Super interesting, thanks for sharing! The 20/10 wake/sleep cycle sounds close to how I might function if it wasn’t for daylight cycles and social obligations. Actually, mostly the latter.
I did 21/9 during college. It was great! When bedtime came, I was actually tired, and thus fell asleep quickly. I was in sync with the world every four days. My work and school schedules were such that once per week I'd have to skip sleep, but I seemed to suffer no apparent deficit.
When on a standard cycle, I'd lie awake in bed bored out of my mind for _hours_ upon hours, fall asleep with only time for 0.3 to 2.5 sleep cycles, wake up in sleep-deprived pain and misery. (X_X)
In recent years, I deal with the standard cycle with the various in-vogue things like scheduled bluelight blocking, zero-lux bedroom (cities at night are so fekking bright compared to when I was a child), and sometimes morning-only caffeine sources.
Thanks for sharing, I had not heard of that - that has fascinating implications for humans inhabiting planets with different rotation periods! (I'm surprised I haven't seen that explored in more sci-fi)
Everyone is built different, I think I would have done good in a similar situation. I'm already an introvert, but having kids, a wife and bills to pay sometimes just gets overwhelming. I have a friend that has been in and out of jail for the last 10 years or so. We talk a few times a year (at my expense) and I hate to admit I sometimes get jealous. Every time he gets out, he goes right back to his old self: smoking, drugging, and missing parole meetings until finally a warrant is issued. I would think I would emerge from a jail cell full of newly gained wisdom. I'd reenter the world a master plumber, HVAC tech, CPA, and maybe even psychologist. Heck might even have some wonderful startup ideas. But in the current grind of things, I feel I have no room for self improvement or learning.
> I'm already an introvert, but having kids, a wife and bills to pay sometimes just gets overwhelming.
It took me years to become self-aware enough to understand who and what I am.
I love my daughters to death, now grown up, but I wish I could have been older and wiser when we had them so I could have done a much better job raising them.
Living in a small house with 3 other people, two of them noise-making children, on top of working from home (I was self-employed for 15 years) was very difficult for all of us and nearly killed me (literally). Had I understood why noise bothered me so much, why I needed time and space to myself, and why my anger issues were likely autistic meltdowns I think we could have made things work so much better and found a way to give our daughters a much happier and less stressful childhood.
This is one of the great things about the Internet. I was able to discover what introversion is, what high-functioning autism/aspergers is (no, I've never been diagnosed but even my mother tells me that it would explain my entire childhood), that other people go through this too and how to have these types of conversations with the people closest to you.
I'm very lucky to have a wife as patient and understanding as I do. We were high-school sweethearts and she went through the learning and discovery process with me.
I can't help you with how to make the time for self improvement and learning, but do know that it's not just you.
I cannot believe this is a record. Throughout history there have been countless religiously-motivated persons who have lived isolated existences, many in caves. Surely some monk somewhere lived below ground for more than two years at a go.
Nor the credit cards necessary to put deposits down prior to the record attempt.
"To enable us to continue to be a part of thousands of personal achievement journeys, we can only provide access to use services such as an official adjudicator through our fee-based Consultancy service."
The article doesn't say they never left the cave during this time. It does mention them surviving by eating dates and the fruit of the carob tree which likely means they left their hiding place in the cave upon occasion to gather them.
Good call. Ajanta caves in India had isolated rooms where monks supposedly spent long long times. I believe Mahavira (Jain saint) was supposed to have isolated for 12 years at one point..
The Ajanta caves were monasteries, but they still had contact with each other. The monks would also have responsibilities and chores to do around the site, plus interaction with the lay public who bought offerings, and presumably with visiting aristocrats and officials who paid for their upkeep.
I tried in both Firefox and Chrome on my Android phone. I didn't get prompted to install an app, Play Store didn't come up, I could read the article and play the videos fine in the browser.
I wonder if maybe I disabled something that caused the behavior you saw.
I'm using Chrome. And it didn't prompt me for anything.
I clicked on the link, the page was open in Chrome for a split second before a new screen labelled Play Store took over.
Of course I could've just cancelled it during the 10 seconds or so it took install this "instant app" but I was curious about this new thing. I genuinely expected and wanted to test what I assumed would be an improved experience.
Most of my submarine buddies described living on a submarine underwater for months at a time as a nightmare or, at best, a terrible inconvenience, but my experience was exactly like this Spanish cave dweller's. Of course, it's helps that I'm a reader like them.
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This will probably make it not a record previously held by an Ucranian on 465 day mark but still very impressive
Also there will be a documentary coming out from her team
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzl_case
Disturbingly, also Austrian...
> For the first six months of her captivity, Kampusch was not allowed to leave the chamber at any time, [...] Afterward, she spent increasing amounts of time upstairs in the rest of the house,
> In later years, she was seen outside in the garden alone
Seems she wasn't underground for the entire duration.
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It takes a special kind of person to volunteer for that and follow through with it.
I don't think I could stay alone in a cave for 100 days and emerge with my sanity intact, forget about 500.
It’s quite amazing what the human mind can do. Especially when you’re crazy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu
At what point do we consider this a mental illness rather than some higher ascent?
or brainwashed.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Siffre
No chance to survive, hard radiation, rescue would need at least a year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_(TV_series)
They could see satellites, overtime, and figured what those were. Understanding that rocket tech had continue to advance. Plastic wrap, however blew their minds.
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/12/russia-recluse...
When on a standard cycle, I'd lie awake in bed bored out of my mind for _hours_ upon hours, fall asleep with only time for 0.3 to 2.5 sleep cycles, wake up in sleep-deprived pain and misery. (X_X)
In recent years, I deal with the standard cycle with the various in-vogue things like scheduled bluelight blocking, zero-lux bedroom (cities at night are so fekking bright compared to when I was a child), and sometimes morning-only caffeine sources.
I miss my 21/9.
Everyone is built different, I think I would have done good in a similar situation. I'm already an introvert, but having kids, a wife and bills to pay sometimes just gets overwhelming. I have a friend that has been in and out of jail for the last 10 years or so. We talk a few times a year (at my expense) and I hate to admit I sometimes get jealous. Every time he gets out, he goes right back to his old self: smoking, drugging, and missing parole meetings until finally a warrant is issued. I would think I would emerge from a jail cell full of newly gained wisdom. I'd reenter the world a master plumber, HVAC tech, CPA, and maybe even psychologist. Heck might even have some wonderful startup ideas. But in the current grind of things, I feel I have no room for self improvement or learning.
It took me years to become self-aware enough to understand who and what I am.
I love my daughters to death, now grown up, but I wish I could have been older and wiser when we had them so I could have done a much better job raising them.
Living in a small house with 3 other people, two of them noise-making children, on top of working from home (I was self-employed for 15 years) was very difficult for all of us and nearly killed me (literally). Had I understood why noise bothered me so much, why I needed time and space to myself, and why my anger issues were likely autistic meltdowns I think we could have made things work so much better and found a way to give our daughters a much happier and less stressful childhood.
This is one of the great things about the Internet. I was able to discover what introversion is, what high-functioning autism/aspergers is (no, I've never been diagnosed but even my mother tells me that it would explain my entire childhood), that other people go through this too and how to have these types of conversations with the people closest to you.
I'm very lucky to have a wife as patient and understanding as I do. We were high-school sweethearts and she went through the learning and discovery process with me.
I can't help you with how to make the time for self improvement and learning, but do know that it's not just you.
But "longest record" is usually shorthand for "longest documented record", and indeed documented credibly.
"To enable us to continue to be a part of thousands of personal achievement journeys, we can only provide access to use services such as an official adjudicator through our fee-based Consultancy service."
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/faqs
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shimon-bar-Yochai
To read the article I had to wait for the Play Store install an "instant app" that looks exactly like the website.
But when I tried to watch the video embedded, it told me that I needed to install the "full" app.
Why go through all of this when a good ol' website would've been more than enough?
I wonder if maybe I disabled something that caused the behavior you saw.
I clicked on the link, the page was open in Chrome for a split second before a new screen labelled Play Store took over.
Of course I could've just cancelled it during the 10 seconds or so it took install this "instant app" but I was curious about this new thing. I genuinely expected and wanted to test what I assumed would be an improved experience.
I was wrong.