"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.

Is it big enough?

Too small, too high, at least they got the knot right.

If you are perplexed, you are correct.

Whatever they thought the knot and carabiner accomplished, it doesn't. 

If they live until Spring, maybe they will learn better.

That's 6 MM cord and a quickdraw. The bottom carabiner has a wire gate.

They tied loops in the ends together.

Cross appeared recently.

This is where Geoff was murdered four years ago last week, no idea who put it up.