![Saving the Last Frontier / Douglas and Kristine Tompkins fight to save the wilds of Chile and Argentina despite local opposition Saving the Last Frontier / Douglas and Kristine Tompkins fight to save the wilds of Chile and Argentina despite local opposition](https://s.hdnux.com/photos/12/07/11/2650750/8/rawImage.jpg)
Saving the Last Frontier / Douglas and Kristine Tompkins fight to save the wilds of Chile and Argentina despite local opposition
![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/2015/12/09/18/2F36872700000578-0-image-m-30_1449687120268.jpg)
Police probe into why North Face founder Douglas Tompkins went on danger kayak trip | Daily Mail Online
![HuffPost on Twitter: "Doug Tompkins, North Face co-founder, was a true American hero https://t.co/YvhYUrUPH7 https://t.co/u3yccppYXA" / Twitter HuffPost on Twitter: "Doug Tompkins, North Face co-founder, was a true American hero https://t.co/YvhYUrUPH7 https://t.co/u3yccppYXA" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVzvEQjWoAAVy65.jpg:large)
HuffPost on Twitter: "Doug Tompkins, North Face co-founder, was a true American hero https://t.co/YvhYUrUPH7 https://t.co/u3yccppYXA" / Twitter
![Remembering Doug Tompkins, the Founder of The North Face and Esprit Who Chucked It All to Save the Earth - Bloomberg Remembering Doug Tompkins, the Founder of The North Face and Esprit Who Chucked It All to Save the Earth - Bloomberg](https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9Q1bh65Tg6Q/v2/-1x-1.jpg)
Remembering Doug Tompkins, the Founder of The North Face and Esprit Who Chucked It All to Save the Earth - Bloomberg
![North Face founder Douglas Tompkins dies in kayaking accident in Chile | The Independent | The Independent North Face founder Douglas Tompkins dies in kayaking accident in Chile | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/12/09/06/Douglas-Tompkins-North-Face-EPA.jpg)
North Face founder Douglas Tompkins dies in kayaking accident in Chile | The Independent | The Independent
![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)