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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!

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!