"Participation in extreme sports has surpassed conventional sports." Did that really happen, or have extreme sports been reduced to the conventional?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/24/sunday-review/why-people-love-to-jump-off-cliffs.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fsunday&action=click&contentCollection=sunday&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=sectionfront

They got one thing right.

At least their single carabiner has the gate pointing away from the rock. Single piece of webbing on the loose block. See the one foot overhang on the left edge of the block? When I started climbing it was flush with the cliff.

Reversed and opposed? Well, no.

His partner said, "You know this isn't a very good tree." The one with the 2 trunks rocks right out of the ground when touched.

Bottom of the trunk? No. Tensionless anchor? No. Single mission critical carabiner? Yes.