Brenton
Extreme Ironing
April 2nd 2008 13:51
I’m proud to say that I discovered Extreme Ironing before it was cool. It was grade nine, and I was researching for a HPE assignment where we had to make a magazine for a sport.
I decided to make mine on extreme sports. Searching terms on the Internet, I would hunt for something interesting to write about. And then… I found their Webpage HERE.
Extreme Ironing is one of those wonderful curiosities that reminded us of the strangeness of people. The depth of passion that one could feel for a thing for no other reason than because it was in some way theirs.
If you’re still wondering what it is, I assure you, there is little need for confusion. It is what it sounds like; a profoundly silly fusion of Extreme Sports and Ironing. As the site quotes, it “combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt.” Extreme Ironing activities regarded as official include, but are not limited to;
Climbing large mountains and ironing on top of them;
Ironing underwater;
Beach Iron Flinging;
Freestyle Ironing (a test of creativity – including such events as trampoline ironing).
It is tempting to COMPLETELY dismiss extreme ironing, but for the fact of, despite all the nonsense, ironing clothes while suspended in mid air by a wire between two cliffs, while not exactly sensible, is neither exactly easy.
It lives long, lives hard and looks sharp. Here’s to Extreme Ironing.
Image by Wikiworld Comic Licensed under a Creative commons attribution Share alike license.
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