What even is the point anymore of doing something like this if you cheat your whole way up.

It’s like bragging about sailing around the world when in reality you did a cruise

Where do you draw the line at cheating, though? Is using supplemental oxygen cheating?

A cruise around the world? What's the differentiator?

A cruise ship doesn't have sails and a sailboat does. That's the reason I got from the context.

Thank you, that makes more sense than my reading. I thought the OP might have been comparing a single-legged trip vs a multi-stop "cruise", both in a similar sailing boat. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruising_(maritime)