: 6 billion+ people in this world and yet so few that take these
: challenges on. Here in Wellington, New Zealand we have the velux
: round the world yacht racers in harbour (amazing boats btw). 4
: people - one brit, one american, one canadian and one pole.
: There's a poster on the waterfront saying that 2700 people have
: climbed everest, 500 have been in space but only 180 have sailed
: round the world. It almost seems that as the world population
: grows we're actually becoming safer and less adventurous.

I think their statistics are off by just a tiny bit, like 1000%. There may well be only 180 that have raced around the world on a sailboat, huge number though have sailed around the world, at least several thousand.

Be careful what you read :)

Bill H.