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Thaddeus is Josh’s business partner; he helps run Peak Experience. Though he’s a trained lawyer and speaks Chinese, Peak finds his skills as a lawyer lacking: he doesn’t confront Captain Shek, for instance, when Shek confiscates memory cards from Peak’s video camera. Thaddeus is focused on money above all else, so he often forces Josh to make decisions that will be the best in terms of money and aren’t actually what Josh wants to do.
Thaddeus Bowen Quotes in Peak
The Peak quotes below are all either spoken by Thaddeus Bowen or refer to Thaddeus Bowen. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 18 Quotes
“By bringing Sun-jo here you’ve jeopardized our entire season. And for what? If Peak and Sun-jo make it to the top, Sun-jo still won’t be the youngest to reach the summit.”
“But he would be the youngest free Tibetan to summit,” Zopa pointed out. It’s a matter of national pride.”
“We’re in business,” Thaddeus said. “Not politics.”
“What is the difference?” Zopa said.
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Thaddeus Bowen Character Timeline in Peak
The timeline below shows where the character Thaddeus Bowen appears in Peak. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 11
...(The adventure travel company was not named after Peak.) Josh introduces Peak to everyone, including Thaddeus Bowen, his business partner. He explains that Peak Experience is running expeditions on K2 and...
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Chapter 18
...clients are asleep, Josh calls a secret meeting with Peak, Sun-jo, Zopa, Sparky, Dr. Krieger, Thaddeus, and the film crew. They discuss Peak’s health and Zopa says that Peak was fine...
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...in a lot of danger from Captain Shek; he’d be imprisoned if Shek caught him. Thaddeus is just upset that Zopa is jeopardizing Peak Experience’s climbing permit.
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...had to know about this. He morosely says he’s okay with it, and Josh and Thaddeus excuse themselves to argue privately. Peak confronts Zopa and Sun-jo, and Zopa reveals that he...
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Chapter 23
...is paying for his food and parka. Peak leaves for the HQ tent, where Josh, Thaddeus, and Leah are meeting. Josh insists everyone will get over it once they get a...
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Chapter 29
...Josh counsels Peak that Shek will interrogate him when he gets to Base Camp, but Thaddeus is a lawyer and it’ll all be okay. Peak can try again next year.
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...to his questions. Shek confiscates the camera, and after Shek lets Peak go, Peak tells Thaddeus that there’s an empty memory card in it. Exhausted, Peak crawls into Josh’s tent. He...
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