I recall something similar a few years ago when a guy put his young son onto a whale carcass floating around in the water between Kangaroo Is & the mainland. I think that he lost his job a a deckie on the KI Ferry as a result.
What I see is a bold recklessness..... Perhaps the same person would rush into a burning building to save a life where perhaps you and I would hesitate...would he still be called an idiot?
You might wonder what this person's destiny is....
Cheers
George & fatdog