I think that’s a great idea, but only if the used the fund to pay for search and rescue, or recovery efforts. I think they should do the same for other extreme sports participants instead of our tax dollars used to go find these folks when the bad things happen.
Unfortunately they will use these fees for other social service programs
There is nothing particularly extreme about kayaking, canoeing, rowing a row boat... unless you live in a basement and are afraid of things like butterflies or conifers.