![Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of the clothing brands The North Face and Esprit, died on Tuesday during a kayaking trip in Chile. Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of the clothing brands The North Face and Esprit, died on Tuesday during a kayaking trip in Chile.](http://www.mountainblog.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Kris-and-Doug-Tompkins-947x1024.jpg)
Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of the clothing brands The North Face and Esprit, died on Tuesday during a kayaking trip in Chile.
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Douglas Tompkins: The North Face founder dies after kayak accident in Patagonia - TomoNews - YouTube
![Police probe into why North Face founder Douglas Tompkins went on danger kayak trip | Daily Mail Online Police probe into why North Face founder Douglas Tompkins went on danger kayak trip | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/12/09/20/2F3719F400000578-0-image-a-2_1449694578850.jpg)
Police probe into why North Face founder Douglas Tompkins went on danger kayak trip | Daily Mail Online
![In 1968 Doug Tompkins, the founder of North Face; Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia and two other friends jumpe… | Yvon chouinard, Douglas tompkins, Kayaking In 1968 Doug Tompkins, the founder of North Face; Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia and two other friends jumpe… | Yvon chouinard, Douglas tompkins, Kayaking](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/23/0b/2f/230b2f93418e67cd89e26e27aa20b6f7.jpg)
In 1968 Doug Tompkins, the founder of North Face; Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia and two other friends jumpe… | Yvon chouinard, Douglas tompkins, Kayaking
![Douglas Tompkins: el disputado legado verde del fundador de The North Face | Gente y Famosos | EL PAÍS Douglas Tompkins: el disputado legado verde del fundador de The North Face | Gente y Famosos | EL PAÍS](https://ep01.epimg.net/elpais/imagenes/2020/02/12/gente/1581506082_526879_1581583017_noticia_normal.jpg)
Douglas Tompkins: el disputado legado verde del fundador de The North Face | Gente y Famosos | EL PAÍS
![Douglas Tompkins: The North Face founder who saved millions of acres of Latin American wilderness has died — Quartz Douglas Tompkins: The North Face founder who saved millions of acres of Latin American wilderness has died — Quartz](https://cms.qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rtrg04w.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1600&h=900&crop=1)