European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday december 1, 1368 the stars and stripes Page 9 woman surfaces after 111 Days in Cave Paris a the Cave was Damp and cold the eerie silence broken Only by the sounds of dripping water and the Bra of a human heart. But pc Ranique be gun a French speleology is who lived 275 feel underground for 111 Days in near total isolation for a scientific Experiment said she became attached to her subterranean campsite and talked to the stalactites before surfacing tuesday. At last smells vegetation and Brouhaha she said excitedly when she emerged from a Cave in i Aven do Valet no arc in he Aveyron Region of Southern France. A horde of photographers television Crews and fam ily members was on hand to Greet be gun who had been Cut off from the onside world since aug. 10. Pale and wearing special sunglasses she had to be helped to a waiting car that took her to a Hospital for medical examinations. Before surfacing i to the rave i Ash h cd for the last Lime to the sounds of the water dripping olt the stalactites. Mixed with the Joy of being reunited with my family was a poignant sadness at leaving this Cave which i d become attached to after All she told re porters. The purpose of the Experiment was to see How the human body responds when it is deprived of Light and thus Cut off from he natural cycles of Day and Ghl. La gun was wired with electrodes that sent signals to fellow scientists above ground indicating her sleep cycles and following the temperature curve of each breast. The data will help medical researchers in Strasbourg currently studying tumor detection based on changing breast temperatures. She also collected urine and saliva samples which charted her body s chemical reactions to caffeine. Leguen s Only Contact with the outside world was through Telephone Calls from project head Michel Siffren. Hut she said they Hurt Mote than they helped. The Calls put into my cars the sounds of people living without me in inc free air i missed that and fell bad about she said. La gun lived in a Large Lent equipped with electric Ity three freezers and a stove on which she cooked All her meals. Her diet was Normal Only chocolate and alcohol were forbidden because they interfered wit i her metabolize lion of caffeine. The Lent was at the Back of a Long passageway Lead ing to the Cave s Entrance thus giving her about 100 Yard in which she could Ese Reise though she had neither watch nor clock she said she had the feeling Lime was passing quickly she thought she Lead been in the Cave Only 42 Days and 42 nights not Iii. Christian Vasscur a computer scientist analysing data from the project told inc associated press that la gun had Days that lasted 40 hours followed by 38 i Elfio club Vert nine la Caen appeals fit and Happy As she emerges front her record Bra knit Imit Tlam underground hours of uninterrupted sleep a inc beginning 1 thought i would spend most of my time thinking about metaphysical questions la Iuen told reporters. But. When you re alone Down there you Only think about taking care of yourself t cooked i washed dishes 1 read and 1 wrote a her fondest memory of her time in the Cave she said was Reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez s one Hundred years Orsoli Lude while the hardest part of her daily routine was lending to scientific matters. At the end i could t stand it not id be Able la urinate in peace to have to prick my fingers to Lake blood samples to spit and collect my saliva to Hook up the Ketr Ixl before sleeping and i la skip the de tails much worse the said. President Francois Mitterrand Send a Telegram congratulating la gun for completing a great scientific adventure and for her remarkable personal commit ment. She now holds the world record of having spent the longest time in isolation. Terrorist who killed policeman gets Pardon Mainz West. Germany a a West German state governor on wednes Day pardoned a former member of the notorious red army faction terrorist gang who was sentenced to life in prison for killing a policeman authorities said. Bernhard Vogue governor of Rhein land Pfalz has pardoned former terrorist Manfred Grashof on the grounds that Grashof has turned away from his Mili Tant views a slate government spokes Man said. Grashof 42, has been in prison for nearly 17 years. He was held in investigative custody before being sentenced in june 1977 to life imprisonment for shoaling and killing a policeman. Vogl visited Grashof in a Berlin Pris on last october and said he was con Vinced thai Grashof had rejected terror ism As a form of political action slate spokesman Hanns Schreiner said. Grashof will be released from prison March 2, 1989, Schrcine said in a statement released to the news Media. The Pardon shows the government readiness even in inc Case of the most serious crimes to clearly show that there is a Way Back into society he said Grashof was tried and convicted by a Rheinland Pfalz state court. Under West German Law a stale governor May Issue a Pardon. It was the second time that Vogel a member of the conservative Christian Democrat u Nion party has pardoned it Ler Aorist serving a life sentence for murder. In june Vogel pardoned former red army faction member Klaus Jusem Choc making him the first terrorist serving a life sentence for murder to be pardoned. As in the Case of Grashof Vogl had since rejected his terrorist views. 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