LOMBRIVES CAVE – Ever wonder what it would feel like to unplug from a hyperconnected world and hide away in a cave for a few weeks?
Fifteen people in France found out. After 40 days in voluntary isolation in a dark, damp and vast cave, eight men and seven women who took part in a scientific experiment emerged Saturday from their self-segregation in the Pyrenees.
With big smiles on their pale faces, the 15 participants exited the Lombrives cave to a round of applause and basked in the light of day while wearing special glasses to protect their eyes after so long in the dark. “It’s really warm!” said one.
For 40 days and 40 nights, the group lived in and explored the cave without a sense of time. There were no clocks and no sunlight