Sailing Everests

I had long wondered if more people had scaled Everest than ever sailed a foiling moth.  This amazing photo / article, published in many papers over the week or so, shows a queue of some of 600 climbers on Everest on a single day.

There are more deserving endeavours in sailing than climbing mountains.  How many have raced around Cape Horn?  How many have crossed the Southern Ocean solo?  How many have circumnavigated the globe non-stop?  How many have raced a foiling Moth? How many have tried to cross the Atlantic in a Moth (yes, you know who you are...)

So what is the Everest of sailing?  Perhaps the ultimate badge of honour is an IMCA membership card...