With only one reference photo of the descent route, they skied down Lautaro’s north face. The 2,200m vertical descent included a short but very technical crux of 55º. It took them 17 hours to ...

Doug Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing lines, died Tuesday after a kayaking incident in Patagonia, Chile. He was 72. Tompkins appeared to have been with several other m… ...

The North Face, which claimed revenue of $2 billion in 2013, was not Tompkins' only foray into business. In 1968, he and his first wife Susie co-founded clothing retailer Esprit, which also grew ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Douglas Tompkins, the U.S. co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing companies has died from severe hypothermia in a kayaking accident in Chile, authorities say.The 72 ...

Tompkins created The North Face and co-founded Esprit, but abandoned the business world to devote himself to environmental causes. He was 72.

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 ...

In this July 7, 1997, file photo, American millionaire Douglas Tompkins, left, and Juan Villarzu, chief of staff of the Chilean president, hold the text of an accord signed in Santiago, Chile ...

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 ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - U.S. environmentalist and businessman Douglas Tompkins, the founder of outdoor clothing and equipment company The North Face, died on Tuesday during a kayaking trip in Chile ...

SANTIAGO, Chile-- Douglas Tompkins, a wealthy U.S. businessman and environmental activist who bought up large swaths of land in South America's Patagonia region with the aim to keep them pristine ...

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 ...