...Ryan..I think that's brilliant...Yes I'd heard non climbers sumit. I read a book about it last year...I'll try and remember what it was called...True story and one of them died on the way back down.

It's a multitude of things that will get you to the top. Of course it's physically demanding but you've got mental indurance, altitide sickness and plenty other things to contend with as well...but the thing that will get you to the top is luck.

I once spoke to a guy that had sumitted Everest (Doug Scott)..I was in awe of him...it was amazing to think he'd been stood at the top!....

http://www.dougscottmountaineering.co.uk/

(the pic on the his homepage I have at the top of my stairs)

Good Luck with it all!