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Yogi is Yash’s brother. Both Yogi and Yash are Sherpas whom Zopa brings to Everest, ostensibly to look for work. However, Zopa has secretly hired the brothers to take Sun-jo to the summit, and they eventually end up taking Peak to the summit, too. The brothers are generous, kind, and extremely skilled mountaineers (they’ve summited Everest three times). However, this doesn’t mean they don’t make mistakes: they fail to identify a broken ax and allow Sun-jo to use it, a mistake that almost kills Sun-jo. Yogi accompanies Peak back down the north side of Everest and travels with him back to Kathmandu.
Yogi Quotes in Peak
The Peak quotes below are all either spoken by Yogi or refer to Yogi. 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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Chapter 29 Quotes
The boulder and prisoners were gone. In their place was a Buddhist monk with a shaved head and an orange robe. He was talking to the driver with his back to us.
As we walked up, he turned around and smiled. It was Zopa!
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Yogi Character Timeline in Peak
The timeline below shows where the character Yogi 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...
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Chapter 11
...that 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...
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Chapter 18
...wants Sun-jo 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...
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Chapter 19
...now 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...
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Chapter 20
...he can film Peak coming over the top of the ice wall. An hour later, Yogi hauls Peak up; he’s now at Camp Four.
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Chapter 21
...fall overnight. 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...
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...a distinct 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...
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...to make it to ABC in time for the helicopter. Zopa and Peak run into Yogi and six other injured climbers at the bottom of the Col. They see the helicopter...
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Chapter 23
...knows yet 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...
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Chapter 24
...to the 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...
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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...
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At dawn, Yogi and Yash are 50 feet up the ice wall, putting ice screws in. Peak rests...
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...is sending 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...
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Chapter 26
...border into 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...
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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...
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Chapter 27
...wall leading 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...
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...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 in with Zopa. Zopa warns them that...
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...sculpture, and she’s clearly been there a while. Peak and Sun-jo stare at her until Yogi yells for them—and after they pass five more corpses, they stop looking at them. At...
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...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 and...
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Chapter 28
Yash is 150 yards ahead of Yogi, Peak, and Sun-jo. Peak is thinking that this isn’t so bad when Yash begins to...
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...of the second step, the climbers must swing across some ropes and onto a ledge. Yogi makes it look easy, but Peak nearly falls, and nobody can help him as he...
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...They 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...
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...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
...radio for a bit longer, and then announces that he’s going to escort Peak and Yogi back to Base Camp. Josh then comes on the radio, thanks Peak for taking supplies...
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In Zopa’s tent, Peak and Yogi find a note addressed to Peak, saying that Zopa left for Camp Four and he’ll...
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...hurry to make it in time. Peak pays for a ride in a truck with Yogi and sleeps most of the way down.
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...robes. Zopa insists he hitchhiked here, but Peak doesn’t believe him. Zopa joins Peak and Yogi for the rest of the journey to Kathmandu, and he then makes Peak bathe before...
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