But perceptions changed once Tompkins began deeding the land to the public: By 2015, he had created three national parks in Argentina and two in Chile, and he was pushing for the creation of several more. An earlier version referred to Laurence Alvarez-Roos as the groups guide, rather than a group member. Douglas Lynn Thompson, 67. He was 72. A foundation that bears her name gave money to Media Matters through the Tides Foundation. Doug also had a visceral dislike for authority, writes Chouinard, and always relished breaking the rules.. With Tompkins at the helm, Esprit ballooned in popularity, eventually reaching $1 billion in sales. 1. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. [5] Tompkins had recommended changing the name Plain Jane to Esprit de Corp.[6], By 1986, the global clothing brand had reached $800 million in sales. Esprit emerged from the buyout so deeply in debt that in less than two years it went into technical default on its outstanding loans. He used to always tell me, Dont let your imagination get in the way of your potential. He is gone, but he will not be forgotten.. Tompkins's first major conservation project was Pumaln Park in the Palena Province of Chile, an 800,000-acre (320,000ha) area of Valdivian temperate rain forest, high peaks, lakes, and rivers. Areas of distinguished expertise: Asset Optimization algorithms. And Im just kind of a laid-back zen buddhist, and just say, well, Ill do what I can and so be it., Laughing, Tompkins shot back: Well, you better tell my buddy Yvon, the good buddhist, he has to take his bodhisattva vows, which means that before self-enlightenment, one has to end the suffering in the world., In the aftermath of his death, Conservacion Patagonica expressed some concern over the future of his plans. Cerro Fitz Roy, Chile. [2][15][16], Last edited on 13 November 2022, at 02:09, "Who Is Susie Tompkins Buell? Despite vital signs, and the fact that he had not been resuscitated for a long period, we tried everything possible, thinking we could turn the situation of hypothermia into our favour, but after several hours we realised that the situation was irreversible. [11], In 1964, Doug started The North Face, Inc. as a mail order and retail company, selling rock climbing and camping equipment. Quest'opera distribuita con Licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 4.0 Internazionale. Accessed 19 July 2020. They were on the fourth day of what was supposed to be an easy five-day paddle around the north side of Lake General Carrera, the vast turquoise-watered glacial lake which straddles the border of Argentina and Chile. "Women's fashion was not first on Doug's list of things to be interested in," says Dorworth, "but he was interested in running a good business." He was 72. 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After his divorce, he climbed Mount Fitz Roy in Patagonia, an experience that he said helped inspire him to become an environmental activist in the area. Tompkins was kayaking with five other people in Chilean Patagonia when his boat capsized. In 1992, he formed the Conservation Land Trust, which created Pumaln Park, a nature sanctuary and Chiles largest public park. Many believe sustainability is becoming an urgent need, whilst others see it first and foremost as a duty. They were an eco power couple, said Conservacion Patagonicas Butler. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. The two began a romance and married. Get a beanie on orders $125+ for XPLR Pass members. Thompson had . Weve pledged 1% of sales to the preservation and restoration of the natural environment. He was a very inspired person. Esprits success in the 1980s fueled much of the conservation work that occupied Mr. Tompkins for much of the rest of his life. The third result is Doug Lee Thompson age 60s in El Dorado Hills, CA in the Serrano neighborhood. Douglas Tompkins, the founder of North Face and Esprit, died in the terrain he was devoted to conserving. Douglas Tompkins at his home in Pumalin Park in Chile in 2005. Nov 2007 - Present15 years 3 months. Tompkins bought more than 2 million acres of land and set about creating private parks that kept rainforests from development across Chile and Argentina before his death at 72 on Tuesday. 2. Douglas Rainsford Tompkins (March 20, 1943 December 8, 2015) was an American businessman, conservationist, outdoorsman, philanthropist, filmmaker, and agriculturalist. Our hearts go out to all of his loved ones. For 20 years we have operated to catalyse social change, to awaken and feed a new state of ecological awareness, to inspire and promote new business and consumption models for people as well as companies. Beginning in the mid-1960s, he and Susie Tompkins Buell, his first wife, co-founded and ran two companies: the outdoor equipment and clothing company The North Face and the Esprit clothing company. It was there that Tompkins and Chouinard set out on their final paddle together. The good he did in the world will not end.. Sign up for exclusive offers, original stories, activism awareness, events and more. In 1993, he married Kristine L. McDivitt, a former chief executive of Patagonia; the two worked together on conservation projects. That trip's holy grail was Mount Fitz Roy, a 11,000-foot rock tower in Argentina where they were trapped by storms. Doug Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing lines, died Tuesday while kayaking in Patagonia, Chile. Douglas Rainsford Tompkins (March 20, 1943 - December 8, 2015) was an American businessman, conservationist, outdoorsman, philanthropist, filmmaker, and agriculturalist. The husband and wife team also donated land to create coastal national parks in Chile and Argentina. He met his first wife, Tompkins Buell, while hitchhiking. Doug Tompkins in Patagonia National Park. We will share more memories of our friend in the coming days. @doug.thompson.566. The proposed park, which would total 700,000 hectares, would be the largest national park in Argentina and home to hundreds of bird species, giant anteaters, and macaw parrots. Land use is highly political here, more than most places: If we wanted to retire in peace we wouldn't be here. The global apparel company VF Corporation purchased the North Face in 2000. On Tuesday, The North Face, which is now owned by VF Corp. of Greensboro, North Carolina, paid tribute to its co-founder on Instagram. Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), collared peccary (Peccary tajacu), South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus), and red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) have been reintroduced to the wild, and a captive breeding program for jaguars (Panthera onca) was created to support reintroduction of jaguars to the parks.[24]. Mr. Tompkins was described as an adventurer and risk taker who employed his brilliant imagination both in business and in trying to save the Earth. He said that Mr. Tompkins had spent considerable amount of time in waters under 4 degrees Celsius, or under 40 degrees Fahrenheit. We know what to expect -- more confrontation, more outrage, more mistrust.. Instead, in his own kayak, Boyles held on to Tompkins body and grabbed a short rope dropped from the helicopters door. Peter Fimrite is The Chronicle's lead science reporter, covering environmental, atmospheric and ecosystem science. Tompkins' eventual movie, Mountain of Storms, never achieved commercial success, but it inspired a generation of outdoor-adventure road-trippers. Im incredibly saddened by this, but he lived on the edge, said Tompkins Buell, who remained close to her ex-husband. Lived In Greensboro NC, Raleigh NC. [17] By 1978, sales topped $100 million a year and the company had formed partnerships in Germany and Hong Kong. 2. It was taboo to advocate for environmental causes, said Langman, who believes Chileans came to embrace Tompkins in the last years of his life. Tompkins Buell is often described as Hillary Clinton's soul mate. He was 72. He was eventually pulled from the water, but died of hypothermia at Coyhaique Regional Hospital. Rumors now range from the conspiratorial to the phantasmagorical: Tompkins is creating a second Israel in South America; he is siphoning off the worlds last freshwater resources for other American millionaires; he is building bunkers for a pending nuclear war. Mr. Tompkins eventually landed near Tahoe City, Calif., where he worked in the ski lodges and started his first business, the California Mountaineering Service. "We just weren't prepared," Chouinard admits now. In 1997, CEO Jay Margolis banned Tompkins Buell and all members of her family from entering Esprit's headquarters. Read more on these topics: Americas, Latin America, South America, Outdoor. He flew back about an hour later and dropped off a backpack with a sleeping bag, some snacks and a note that said, I cant land till low tide, write me messages in the sand that I can read from the air., We spent all day there thinking we were doomed, Tompkins Imhoff said. General Carrera is a picturesque lake surrounded by snow-capped peaks in the Andes. Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of North Face, dies after Chile kayak accident, Patagonias controversial new national park, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Zamboni, Tala, Sebastin Di Martino, and Ignacio Jimnez-Prez (2017). I want him down at the baseball diamond right now!' Tompkins sold The North Face with the intention of a focus on adventure film making.[13]. He succumbed to hypothermia resulting from a kayaking accident that took place in Patagonia . [10] They married in 1964 in San Francisco, where Tompkins borrowed $5,000 from a bank to set up The North Face, now a global retailing company. I have bathed in these waters, but you cant last more than five minutes, said Hartmann. He also writes about the cannabis industry, outdoor adventure, Native American issues and the culture of the West. Among other innovations, Tompkins created the first domed tents held up by bendable poles. Doug Tompkins, known for founding outdoor gear company The North Face, has died of hypothermia in a kayaking accident in Patagonia. The 72-year-old, well-known as an outdoorsman and . That was my dad in a nutshell. By 1978, they had boosted annual sales at the company to more than $100 million. After selling his interest in Esprit, Tompkins turned his efforts toward southern Chile, where he had spent much time climbing, kayaking, and skiing, to focus on land conservation and environmental activism. Growing increasingly concerned about the ecological impacts of the fashion industry, Tompkins decided to leave the business world in the late 1980s. A military patrol boat rescued three of the boaters, and a helicopter lifted out the other three, according to the army. Dr. Douglas J. Thompson is an oncologist and is affiliated with UNC Health Blue Ridge.He received his medical degree from Medical College of Georgia and has been in practice for more than 20 years. High school. When The North Face founder Douglas Tompkins died after a kayaking accident in December, he left behind an unparalleled legacy: 2.2 million acres of protected wilderness. His beat includes earthquake research, marine biology, wildfire science, nuclear testing, archaeology, wildlife and scientific exploration of land and sea. Soon Tompkins was itching for another ambitious project. 1:02. [37], In Brazil, the environmentalist Douglas Tompkins was specially honored during the celebrations of 30 years of the Society for the Protection of Wildlife with the video A Natureza do Brasil with images of Haroldo Pallo Jnior and the Brazilian pianist Salete Chiamulera.[38]. His conviction, said Chin, allowed him to take life one battle at a time. In the course of his career as a conservationist, Tompkins, originally from Ohio, had preserved some 2.2m acres of land in Chile and Argentina with his wife, Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, former CEO of Patagonia. This design also increased the strength of the tent because the domed shape allowed the wind to roll over it. ", For nearly five decades they managed to do just that. 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