La marca fue establecida en San Francisco en 1968 por el recién fallecido Douglas Tompkins junto con Kenneth Klopp, quienes le dieron ese nombre a una tienda de equipo de montañismo que habían comprado dos años atrás. Desde el comienzo habían
Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of clothing brands the North Face and Esprit, died Tuesday at age 72 after a kayaking accident on General Carrera Lake in Coyhaique, Chile, the New York Times reported. Tompkins, a longtime conservationist, founded the
SANTIAGO, Chile — Douglas Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing companies who bought up large swaths of land in South America's Patagonia region to keep them pristine, has died from severe hypothermia in a kayaking accident
Tompkins has also dedicated much of his life to environmental activism. He and his wife Kris are credited with preserving millions of acres of wilderness in Chile and Argentina. The couple was dedicated to park creation, wildlife recovery, ecological
Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of clothing brands the North Face and Esprit, died Tuesday at age 72 after a kayaking accident on General Carrera Lake in Coyhaique, Chile, the New York Times reported. Tompkins, a longtime conservationist, founded the