Back when the guys were first trapped down there, I remember hearing that some of their waistlines were too big to fit into the rescue “tube”.
They’ve been dieting since, but I have not heard much about this since.
Has anyone read about the heavier guys and if they have lost enough weight to have no problem?
From what I’ve read it’s clear that they will all fit. Average weight loss has been about 20 lb’s each. They’ve been monitored very closely so I don’t think that will be a problem. The problem may be handeling the ride up without heaving your guts out due to disorientation caused by the spinning of the rescue pod.
The article I read Sunday (great cite Huerta) said specifically they were confident everyone would fit.
I understand they have measurements for all of them and the hole diameter and rescue capsule have been designed to accommodate even the biggest miner.
I believe the rescue pod has wheels that fit against the surface of the bore hole, so the pod shouldn’t spin at all.
CNN is reporting that it will spin. Perhaps Fox is saying the opposite or redefining spin for thier own political gain. 
Made of steel mesh, I would assume it has the tensional integrity to act as a girdle if necessary.
It might behoove them though in considering the extraction order to made sure the last to leave doesn’t have the door hit him in the ass on the way out. Leave a skinny guy to slam the door shut if necessary.
Actually, with a couple of rescue personnel there to help with the extraction, I’d imagine one of them would likely be the last to leave.
article stated maybe the acting foreman would be last.though you might think one of the people sent down.
if there is a girdle effect then maybe they would leave the biggest until last. if the cage gets stuck the person could open the floor and descend on a cable back into the mine.
Several of the miners have volunteered to be the last one out. This was originally seen as admirable selflessness, but it was confided they really did it because they wanted to get into the Guinness Book of World Records as the person who had spent the most time underground before being rescued.
Here’s a picture of the capsule showing the wheels. Maybe it will spin in a few places if the borehole varies in diameter, but I can’t see it rotating continuously. Also, the borehole is not completely vertical, but bends in some places, which would minimize its ability to spin.
Well, Fox News does have a “No Spin Zone”. 
It says on the news the cage is 21 inches wide? What does that mean exactly. I mean I have a 32" waist, so it must mean something else right?
I read the maximum waist size is 34".
I hope I did not offend anyone by saying “fat” for the description in the OP. Some of these guys could be too big without being considered fat at all. I was just getting to the point.
Your waist size is circumference, the 21" is a diameter…over 63 inches in circumference. (that pi thing)
It means it is 21" wide, as in 21" in diameter. Waist measurements are circumferences, so (assuming you are cylindrical), your waist diameter is 32"/pi = about 10". Obviously people are not usually cylindrical, and neither is the waist the narrowest part, but 21" ought to fit most people.
I think that they are most concerned about shoulder width, which is less compressible. According to this, the largest miner has a shoulder width of 48 cm, or about 19 inches.
the several miners who have volunteered may be the ones whose wives and girlfriends aren’t getting along.
It might be more physically comfortable (if more claustrophobic) for the larger guys in that they won’t be knocked back and forth as violently, if there’s only an inch or two’s clearance between their shoulders and the sides of the capsule.