The Sun

What an add-renalin rush

Number-crunchers have come up with sum-thing to shrug off their boring image — extreme accounting.

They are visiting challenging locations like mountain tops, seabeds, caves and rollercoasters. And, inspired by the craze for barmy extreme ironing, they are taking their work WITH them. South African Keet Van Zyl is the sport’s reigning champion.

A spokesman for the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting said: “It’s a phenomenon that pushes accountants to their limits — and beyond.”

Gary O'Shea, The Sun, 21st March 2005