Extreme ironing atop Mount Fuji
08/13/2007 @ 12:01 pm
I am sure many of you have climbed, or attempted at least to climb Mount. Fuji, Fuji-san, Fujiyama or whatever you feel like calling it. But I doubt any of you had tried to climb the highest peak in Japan with an iron, an ironing board and a 25 kg power generator. Well, of course unless Hitoshi Matsuzawa is a faithful reader of Japundit, that is.
The 38-year-old office worker is a veteran of extreme ironing , in which people take an ironing board to a remote location and iron a few items of clothing, as defines it Wikipedia.
“There was a therapeutic effect and sense of fulfillment of being on Japan’s highest peak,” he said.
Well, by looking at the picture, I can say that it’s really worth it!
(via Mainichi)
Any bets you’ll find the iron, board, and generator in and among all the other garbage on the mountain?!
August 13th, 2007 at 12:33 pmIs this an Ironman sport?
August 13th, 2007 at 1:19 pmwhat a wonderful Sports Page Headline - “Champion Ironman hit’s losing streak and gets De-pressed”.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:48 pmI bet his wife does all his ironing at home though.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:29 pm[...] of tech workers how come wages for tech workers haven’t gone up? and finally, I kid you not, Extreme Ironing. Yes, that person carried an ironing board to the top of a semi-active volcano. To do some ironing. [...]
August 14th, 2007 at 1:52 pm