![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
![The North Face co-founder Doug Tompkins killed in kayaking accident in Patagonia - 6abc Philadelphia The North Face co-founder Doug Tompkins killed in kayaking accident in Patagonia - 6abc Philadelphia](https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/1115517_120915-wpvi-north-face-530a-video.jpg?w=1600)
The North Face co-founder Doug Tompkins killed in kayaking accident in Patagonia - 6abc Philadelphia
![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.
![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?quality=75&width=982&height=726&auto=webp)
North Face founder Douglas Tompkins dies in kayaking accident in Chile | The Independent | The Independent
![Doug Tompkins: life and death of the ecological visionary behind North Face | US news | The Guardian Doug Tompkins: life and death of the ecological visionary behind North Face | US news | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bb00bfaa687f64e5b0dfed5dc0e1d459520bbeb6/0_0_2700_1621/master/2700.jpg?width=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=49ae027f261febc45e293c542669eb3c)
Doug Tompkins: life and death of the ecological visionary behind North Face | US news | The Guardian
![How Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia's fearless founder, turned an outdoor clothing brand into a political phenomenon | Culture | EL PAÍS English Edition How Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia's fearless founder, turned an outdoor clothing brand into a political phenomenon | Culture | EL PAÍS English Edition](https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/Zz4UbKEtcdTvlflD0xvKGuufyXA=/1960x1470/filters:focal(357x174:367x184)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/PULZQK725ZA2RKGV5YSBLAIMN4.jpg)