# Extreme Ironing **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 2, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/371245 "2006-09-02T22:07:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FrantzJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7c8e57/32.png) [@FrantzJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrantzJ)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/371245/1 "2006-09-02T22:07:03Z")
Wikipedia (and a few other sites) describe the sport of extreme ironing as the activity of trekking to a remote location (via hiking, skiing, climbing, etc) and ironing a few pieces of clothing there. Is this real? Do people do this? Is there hope for humanity? Joey ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/371245/2 "2006-09-02T22:15:48Z")
Well, they have a website [http://www.extremeironing.com/](http://www.extremeironing.com/) I have heard of it before, but I don’t know if it is “real” or not. I mean these people did it, but I don’t know if others do. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/371245/3 "2006-09-02T22:33:13Z")
As long as they don’t combine it with [Breast Ironing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_ironing), I think there’s still a little bit of hope for humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/371245/4 "2006-09-03T17:09:22Z")
I don’t think anyone takes it at all seriously, but the pictures on their website make for some dandy amusing desktops. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/371245/5 "2006-09-03T17:57:17Z")
I saw a TV show (on BBC, I think) of an organized extreme ironing competition. About a dozen people took part, and several dozen more actually came to watch. It involved running through streams with your ironing board, climbing a tree,etc. Good, wholesome, outdoor activities, and most of the people seemed to be similing.(well, laughing, actually. ) All in all, I don’t think any major damage was done to the gene pool. And it appears that some refreshment (=beer) stands made a profit that day. ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/371245/6 "2006-09-03T19:06:40Z")
[QUOTE=FrantzJ] Wikipedia (and a few other sites) describe the sport of extreme ironing as the activity of trekking to a remote location (via hiking, skiing, climbing, etc) and ironing a few pieces of clothing there. Is this real? Do people do this? Is there hope for humanity? Joey [/QUOTE] Yes, Yes, and NO. **Daffynition: Extreme Ironing** Doing housework the HARD way! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/371245/7 "2006-09-03T19:30:38Z")
Were I to compete in such a sport, I’d use a fire-heated rock as the iron, and another large flat rock for the board, thereby saving me having to lug the extra weight of the board and iron on my hike/climb/whatever. I’d probably also do a better job than all those folks using cold irons (since there’s no place to plug in a cord), and I’d certainly do better than that girl who’s ironing underwater.