It Is Important To Know Your Limitations

And your diameter. An overweight woman got stuck in a cave in South Africa. She insisted of going into the cave despite warnings from the staff that she really shouldn't. 23 other people were trapped behind her for almost 12 hours.

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."

Unfortunately, the report doesn't give the woman's name. So we'll just call her "Corky".