As they say, "there are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old, bold pilots." Risk assessment is probably the most valuable skill in adventure sports of all kinds and being willing to go "nope, I can see this ending badly therefore I will not start" is a mark of maturity. You can't be a photographer without taking a lot of pictures, but you won't be considered a photographer until you refuse to show all but a handful. I'll say this: you're not a photographer if you use a device primarily intended to do things other than take pictures. It makes perfect sense to be "instafamous" and take shit mostly with your phone but if your goal is lasting images, you need better control of focal length than any phone will give you. Without that, I probably would have said yes. But the increased risk was too much, and I'm struggling with that.
But oh my god did they take a lot of pictures. Made me rethink the whole "getting a camera" thing.