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Yash is one of the Sherpa brothers whom Zopa brings with him to Everest. He and his brother Yogi ostensibly come looking for work, but Zopa has actually already hired them to take Sun-jo to the summit. Both Yogi and Yash are kind, generous, and very experienced mountaineers. However, they’re not infallible: they don’t realize that an ax they play with at one point is compromised, and it later breaks and almost causes Sun-jo to fall to his death. At Everest’s summit, Yash accompanies Sun-jo into Nepal.
Yash Quotes in Peak
The Peak quotes below are all either spoken by Yash or refer to Yash. 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 19 Quotes
In a strange way the conversation helped to center me. It reminded me that climbing, even though there might be other people in your party, is a solo sport. Your legs, your arms, your muscles, your endurance, your will are yours alone. A partner can encourage you, maybe even stop you from falling, but they can’t get you to the top. That’s entirely up to you.
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Yash Character Timeline in Peak
The timeline below shows where the character Yash appears in Peak. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 10
In the morning, Peak joins Sun-jo, Zopa, and two Sherpas, Yogi and Yash. The truck is piled high with supplies as they leave Kathmandu. They stop at Buddhist...
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Chapter 11
...George and his sick wife can return to Kathmandu in his truck, but he, Yogi, Yash, and Sun-jo are staying to work. Just then, a jeep skids into camp and a...
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Chapter 18
...to summit (he’d be the youngest free Tibetan to do so) and brought Yogi and Yash along to guide him. Josh notes that Sun-jo is in a lot of danger from...
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Chapter 19
...has three summit teams. Peak, Sun-jo, and Holly are the C team, led by Yogi, Yash, and Zopa, though this team will try for the summit first. Josh warns the team...
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Chapter 21
...When Peak comes out of his and Sun-jo’s tent in the morning, Zopa, Yogi, and Yash are on the radio: someone is in trouble. Zopa tells someone on the radio that...
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...possibility. There are surviving climbers heading from Camp Six to Camp Five with Yogi and Yash, carrying a HAPE victim in a Gamow bag. Josh and Zopa consult over the radio:...
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Chapter 23
...that Sun-jo will attempt the summit. Now, the plan is that Sun-jo, Zopa, Yogi, and Yash will be on their own, while Peak will climb with Josh’s team and the film...
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Chapter 24
...summit. In fact, Peak is leaving now with Zopa. Peak is enraged. Zopa, Yogi, and Yash are already packed and in the truck. Flipping Josh off as the truck pulls away,...
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Chapter 25
As Gulu is the group’s only porter, Peak, Zopa, Sun-jo, Yogi, and Yash will carry most of the yak’s supplies up the mountain. Peak explains that the normal...
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At dawn, Yogi and Yash are 50 feet up the ice wall, putting ice screws in. Peak rests 65 feet...
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...up. They’re checking papers and will likely summit—they’re already acclimated. Hearing this, Zopa, Yogi, and Yash pull out a map. Sun-jo translates for Peak: they can’t stay in camps until Camp...
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Chapter 26
...Nepal at the summit. Sherpas are already waiting to help in Nepal, and Yogi and Yash will get the boys up the Tibet side. Sun-jo and Peak argue with Zopa: they...
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Sun-jo naps, but Peak sits with Yogi and Yash at the fire. They show him how to use the oxygen tanks and mask, which...
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Chapter 27
...up to Camp Four after dark, and Zopa insists they climb it now. Yogi and Yash have left a rope, and to Peak’s surprise, the climb is easier this time. He...
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...Moleskine, so he and Sun-jo nap. The storm finally clears in the late evening, and Yash leaves for Camp Five ahead of Yogi, Peak, and Sun-jo. Before they leave, they check...
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After a difficult night sleeping in the oxygen masks, Peak and Sun-jo set out with Yash (Yogi already left for Camp Six). Despite the supplemental oxygen, climbing a snowfield with crampons...
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Chapter 28
Yash is 150 yards ahead of Yogi, Peak, and Sun-jo. Peak is thinking that this isn’t...
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...pulls himself up and throws himself toward Yogi. Yogi catches him, but barely. Sun-jo and Yash have an easier time, and Yogi cranks Peak’s oxygen up while they rest. The third...
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...start across an ice field, and then they climb up rock ledges. Peak records Yogi, Yash, and Sun-jo catching sight of the summit, 650 feet ahead. While Yogi, Yash, and Sun-jo...
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...pole, and then he and Sun-jo part ways. Peak films Sun-jo reaching the summit with Yash and disappearing into Nepal. Yogi will stay with Peak.
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Chapter 29
...Josh asks Peak what happened to keep him from summitting and where Zopa, Sun-jo, and Yash are. He hasn’t seen Zopa on this side of the mountain, and he grins when...
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