extreme ironing is an outdoor activity that combines the danger and excitement of an ‘extreme’ sport with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt. it involves taking an iron and board (if possible) to remote locations and ironing a few items of laundry. here featured 43 members of melbourne’s bay city scuba diving club that ironed in a 25 minute dive. but hey, where does the power come from? in the beginning extreme ironists used (very long) extension cords, but soon realised that unless they wanted to be limited by taking a generator with them, a new solution would be needed. starch and hotplate are at the forefront of battery powered irons, whilst in germany, dr iron Q has developed geothermics, a method of tapping in to the earth’s energy supply to power the iron – with mixed results…