Overweight Woman Gets Stuck In Cave - Traps 23 Others

[matcom]

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CAPE TOWN (AFP) - An overweight woman got stuck in a well-known South African cave for nearly twelve hours on New Year's Day, trapping 23 others in the process.

The woman was stuck inside the "Tunnel of Love" shortly after noon and was freed with the help of liquid paraffin and a pulley around 11:30 pm (2130 GMT), said Hein Gerstner, manager of the Cango Caves in the Western Cape.

"She was really quite a large woman," he told AFP Tuesday. "She was forewarned at the ticket office and by the guide that she might have difficulty on the tour, but she insisted on going along."

Rescuers from two nearby towns and a private ambulance service were called in to help.

"We used liquid paraffin to grease the surface area and used a pulley to lift her," said Gerstner. "She was eventually carried out on a stretcher."

Twenty-three other people trapped in another tunnel behind the woman were given blankets, water, chocolate bars and ablution buckets during the rescue effort.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070102/od_afp/safricacaveobese_070102115418

[LynneSin]

1. I'm glad Santa Claus got me one of these for Xmas.....

We're gonna need it in the lounge

[itsmesgd]

2. I've decided on a "no comment"

[Little Wing]

3. This is why I always go spelunking with a pair of hired cannibals

[LeftyMom]

4. Thanks for keeping us updated on The Princess' South African vacation.

:rofl:

[AwakeAtLast]

6. You. Are. So. Bad

:spank:

[LeftyMom]

9. You know you were thinking it too.

:evilgrin:

[AwakeAtLast]

10. Aw, shoot, busted!

:evilgrin:

[Burma Jones]

11. Heh, my first thought as well.......

[Phillycat]

5. When the SO and I went to Newgrange in Ireland...

http://www.knowth.com/newgrange.htm

There were some very narrow passageways in the structure. The ticket office had a sign posted that said, "If you are too large to fit through the passageways on the tour, we will NOT sell you a ticket." It must be a terrible thing to have to tell a customer that they are too fat to take the tour, but it's better than this outcome.

[crispini]

7. This thread is nothing without pics.

:rofl::popcorn::rofl::popcorn:

[Schema Thing]

8. Sheesh. Amateurs.

A good caver always brings his/her own ablution bag.

[Deja Q]

12. 'Tunnel of Love', you say?

Doesn't sound like 12 hours of love...

And that's all I'm going to say.

[Call Me Wesley]

13. Locking.

News with some outcome, I guess.



Thank you!

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