Most mountaineering is not an adrenaline fueled pursuit and many adrenaline junkies would find it’s often non-technical tactics boring. Is it an egotistical pursuit? Sure. Objectively hazardous? Yes. But distance cyclists and runners have more in common with mountaineers than base jumpers.

Would we group private pilot / recreational flying in that category?

It’s massively more risky than commercial flight travel and seems to serve no practical utility.

In that particular story, I understand the daughter and son were already adults.

> Doing this stuff when you have kids though is negligence

Obviously there’s a middle ground but nobody says that giving up the thing that you love because you have kids is negligence.