I would likely not pick linclolns lap in the Lincoln Memorial to do my "Extreme" riding
I would. Its A) Manmade B) Professionally Maintained and C) Simply a statue. To paraphrase the immortal words of Zaphod Bebblebrox, he was "Just this guy, yanno?"
Gimmie a break, manking despite its overinflated opinion of itself is a blink in the span of eons the universe consists of.