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 The death of 72-year-old environmentalist and businessman Doug Tompkins in a kayaking accident brought encomiums … Read more
At least he died doing what he loved. That was paramount among a variety of similar sentiments appended to clips and links yesterday as news circulated that Doug Tompkins, founder of The North Face and Esprit and the new century's most ambitious At least he died doing what he loved. That was paramount among a … Read more
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 … Read more