I’m not sure about “useful outcomes”, do we really need one more shopping mall, or condo tower in a big city? (Useful to developers and “investors”.)
“hedonistic”? Don’t imagine that freezing your butt off at 6000meteres and wondering if your hands will be able to continue gripping the ice axe for the necessary time to get you up or down is hedonistic.
A lot of car travel/use is in fact “recreational” and unnecessary.
No I guess there’s no recreational mining, but gold is mostly speculative.
I just don’t care if some individual wants to climb a mountain–as long as he/she isn’t trashing the place, and has some comprehension of the risks.
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.