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How do they power their irons?

DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
Good question, but at least they don't need to refill the steamer's reservoir.
tyingq 5y ago
I found this: "We took our own iron. It's not battery powered so it doesn't iron that well, but the quality of the ironing is not the point - it's where you do it."[1] So it sounds like they just run a not-plugged-in regular iron over some fabric and call it ironing? [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/25/everest.nepal https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/25/everest.nepal
- elliekelly 5y ago
  I mean if this is true it really just calls the validity of the whole sport into question. You obviously can’t iron without heat.
  - tyingq 5y ago
    It's true for every example I can find. This photo, for example, shows a plain old plug-in iron: https://web.archive.org/web/20161017222702/http://teamsteam.org/iron/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/GH2K7824.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20161017222702/http://teamsteam.... Same guy, up in a tree, with the same iron: https://web.archive.org/web/20161017223140/http://teamsteam.org/iron/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Steam_in_the_woods.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20161017223140/http://teamsteam.... From this page: https://web.archive.org/web/20160920083532/http://teamsteam.org/iron/never-say-never/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160920083532/http://teamsteam.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  - tokai 5y ago
    Ofc you can, with pressure.
    - Joker_vD 5y ago
      Putting your trousers under the mattress and sleeping on them so that in the morning, they'll be flattened and de-wrinkled... because the lack of an iron anywhere on the base does not cancel the army regulations, and those say that the sentry must be impeccably dressed.
  - ballenf 5y ago
    Conversely, I would question whether you can iron without a mountain backdrop. Really calls into question whether those crisp lines on your clothing are the result of true ironing or just pressing something hot against them.
  - marcellus23 5y ago
    Uh, do you think the point of the sport is to de wrinkle clothes?
    - flotzam 5y ago
      Yes, of course. Non dewrinkling ironing on the peak of Mt. Everest is for casuals.
    - rogual 5y ago
      Ironing clothes -- actually getting them flat -- on a mountain peak or underwater is interesting because of the difficulty. Finding out the person isn't really ironing, but just pretending, detracts from it and takes it from "that's quite an accomplishment" to "so what?". It goes from an interesting logistical challenge to "can you take an ironing board and an iron up the mountain / into the sea with you?"
    - marosgrego 5y ago
      It's one of the things judged on the extreme ironing competitions: https://youtu.be/jZ6Yo0cVMP0?t=205 https://youtu.be/jZ6Yo0cVMP0?t=205
  - mirekrusin 5y ago
    Looks like those guys are too lazy to rub it a bit.
  - travisporter 5y ago
    You could do with hot coals. You can still get all your clothes ironed this way in many south asian countries by a street vendor.
  - zoomablemind 5y ago
    Indeed. In a competitive sport there should be a way to evaluate result to determine standings. If ironing is just about extra bulk of equipment not the actual product of ironing, then it's more like weight-added competition. Otherwise there needs to be some way of judging the ironing aspect, like quality, novelty, or artistic merit, in addition to the otherwise difficulty, like in figure skating, for example. But just for fun - everything is sport. In the line of "everything and the kitchen sink", how about extreme dish-washing!
  - datameta 5y ago
    > In March 2008, a team of 72 divers simultaneously ironing underwater set a new world's record for number of people ironing underwater at once Apparently the clothes don't need to be dry either!
- bserge 5y ago
  Pfft, not even a coal fired iron? Extreme my arse
- devoutsalsa 5y ago
  That's not ironing. It's a fabric massage.
eCa 5y ago
A portable power station (eg [1]) should be an expected part of a working ironing setup.. [1] https://www.bluetti.com/products/bluetti-ac50s-500wh-300w-portable-power-station https://www.bluetti.com/products/bluetti-ac50s-500wh-300w-po...
layer8 5y ago
Irons used to be heated up by a fire, so that’d be an option.
luguenth 5y ago
From the German Wiki (roughly translated): > Commercially available irons are used for ironing. In places where no electrical power supply is available or cannot be used due to humidity, the heating plate is heated by auxiliary constructions (mostly gas cookers). For the World Cup, for example, a process was developed in which the iron is heated inside by an exothermic reaction, generated by mixing a hygroscopic chemical pressed into granules with water. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremb%C3%BCgeln https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremb%C3%BCgeln
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tromp 5y ago
Finally, an application for the conductive bungee cord...
rovr138 5y ago
Get an old coal one.

Good question, but at least they don't need to refill the steamer's reservoir.

I found this: "We took our own iron. It's not battery powered so it doesn't iron that well, but the quality of the ironing is not the point - it's where you do it."[1] So it sounds like they just run a not-plugged-in regular iron over some fabric and call it ironing? [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/25/everest.nepal https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/25/everest.nepal

elliekelly 5y ago
I mean if this is true it really just calls the validity of the whole sport into question. You obviously can’t iron without heat.
- tyingq 5y ago
  It's true for every example I can find. This photo, for example, shows a plain old plug-in iron: https://web.archive.org/web/20161017222702/http://teamsteam.org/iron/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/GH2K7824.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20161017222702/http://teamsteam.... Same guy, up in a tree, with the same iron: https://web.archive.org/web/20161017223140/http://teamsteam.org/iron/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Steam_in_the_woods.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20161017223140/http://teamsteam.... From this page: https://web.archive.org/web/20160920083532/http://teamsteam.org/iron/never-say-never/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160920083532/http://teamsteam.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- tokai 5y ago
  Ofc you can, with pressure.
  - Joker_vD 5y ago
    Putting your trousers under the mattress and sleeping on them so that in the morning, they'll be flattened and de-wrinkled... because the lack of an iron anywhere on the base does not cancel the army regulations, and those say that the sentry must be impeccably dressed.
- ballenf 5y ago
  Conversely, I would question whether you can iron without a mountain backdrop. Really calls into question whether those crisp lines on your clothing are the result of true ironing or just pressing something hot against them.
- marcellus23 5y ago
  Uh, do you think the point of the sport is to de wrinkle clothes?
  - flotzam 5y ago
    Yes, of course. Non dewrinkling ironing on the peak of Mt. Everest is for casuals.
  - rogual 5y ago
    Ironing clothes -- actually getting them flat -- on a mountain peak or underwater is interesting because of the difficulty. Finding out the person isn't really ironing, but just pretending, detracts from it and takes it from "that's quite an accomplishment" to "so what?". It goes from an interesting logistical challenge to "can you take an ironing board and an iron up the mountain / into the sea with you?"
  - marosgrego 5y ago
    It's one of the things judged on the extreme ironing competitions: https://youtu.be/jZ6Yo0cVMP0?t=205 https://youtu.be/jZ6Yo0cVMP0?t=205
- mirekrusin 5y ago
  Looks like those guys are too lazy to rub it a bit.
- travisporter 5y ago
  You could do with hot coals. You can still get all your clothes ironed this way in many south asian countries by a street vendor.
- zoomablemind 5y ago
  Indeed. In a competitive sport there should be a way to evaluate result to determine standings. If ironing is just about extra bulk of equipment not the actual product of ironing, then it's more like weight-added competition. Otherwise there needs to be some way of judging the ironing aspect, like quality, novelty, or artistic merit, in addition to the otherwise difficulty, like in figure skating, for example. But just for fun - everything is sport. In the line of "everything and the kitchen sink", how about extreme dish-washing!
- datameta 5y ago
  > In March 2008, a team of 72 divers simultaneously ironing underwater set a new world's record for number of people ironing underwater at once Apparently the clothes don't need to be dry either!
bserge 5y ago
Pfft, not even a coal fired iron? Extreme my arse
devoutsalsa 5y ago
That's not ironing. It's a fabric massage.

eCa 5y ago

A portable power station (eg [1]) should be an expected part of a working ironing setup.. [1] https://www.bluetti.com/products/bluetti-ac50s-500wh-300w-portable-power-station https://www.bluetti.com/products/bluetti-ac50s-500wh-300w-po...

layer8 5y ago

Irons used to be heated up by a fire, so that’d be an option.

luguenth 5y ago

From the German Wiki (roughly translated): > Commercially available irons are used for ironing. In places where no electrical power supply is available or cannot be used due to humidity, the heating plate is heated by auxiliary constructions (mostly gas cookers). For the World Cup, for example, a process was developed in which the iron is heated inside by an exothermic reaction, generated by mixing a hygroscopic chemical pressed into granules with water. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremb%C3%BCgeln https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremb%C3%BCgeln

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tromp 5y ago

Finally, an application for the conductive bungee cord...

rovr138 5y ago

Get an old coal one.