Douglas R. Tompkins, who founded The North Face in 1964...

2015-12-18T00:00:00

Douglas R. Tompkins, who founded The North Face in 1964 or 1966, according to conflicting reports, and Esprit in 1968, died in a kayaking accident on General Carrera Lake in the Patagonia region of Southern Chile on Dec. 8. Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, and his other companions were ...

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