It was just an open book of adventure.. Susie Tompkins Buell (ne Russell; born 1943) is an American entrepreneur, businesswoman and a donor to progressive causes. 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[1], In 1968, Tompkins Buell and Jane Tise co-founded the Plain Jane clothing label. 'Zero visibility' conditions: All roads to Tahoe are closed, One of the largest movie theaters in SF to close permanently, Report: Matthew McConaughey has a massive Salesforce paycheck, 'Really cool sight': Rare waterspout forms in Northern California, A different horse': Bay Area will likely continue to see rain, Man shot dead near San Francisco Ferry Building, My meal at this landmark SF spot was too expensive to be so bad, 'Lady in the fridge' murder victim ID'd as Bay Area mother of 3, Buster Posey has weak answer on Giants owner's politics, Avalanche slams into Tahoe apartment building amid blizzard, These East Bay gems are a haven for music lovers, What it looks like inside Coit Towers former apartment. Doug Tompkins, founder of Esprit and The North Face, is seen in a 2006 file photo at his organic garden near Pumalin Park in Chile. Tompkins designed tents that were some of the first to avoid a pole in the middle, by using bendable rods threaded through exterior sleeves instead. Doug and Kris were responsible for expanding a natural reserve covering 400 hectares of forest in Chile to almost 890,000 hectares divided between Chile and Patagonia. [3] She is also noted for her close friendship with Bill and Hillary Clinton and her status as a Democratic Party mega-donor. He was flown, by helicopter, to a hospital in nearby Coyhaique, where he died hours later from severe hypothermia. 13. 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. To us, environmental and human sustainability represent an authentic lifestyle that defines our way of being in the world; an attitude centred around conscientiousness and concrete actions. It was taboo to advocate for environmental causes, said Langman, who believes Chileans came to embrace Tompkins in the last years of his life. 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. He co-founded North Face in 1964. The two had two daughters and co-founded the Esprit clothing company. Above:Doug Tompkins, Rick Ridgeway, Yvon Chouinard on the summit of Cerro Kristine in 2008. Remembering The North Face Founder Douglas Tompkins. [7], Tompkins spent the years between 1960 and 1962 ski racing and rock climbing in Colorado, Europe, and South America. donor", "Partisans, Wielding Money, Begin Seeking to Exploit Harassment Claims", "Who Is Susie Tompkins Buell? We are all deeply saddened by the news of Doug Tompkins passing. What he was doing for conservation has been a complete turnaround.. Tompkins Buell co-founded the Esprit clothing and The North Face brand with her first husband, Doug Tompkins whom she met when she picked him up while he was hitchhiking. [11] Tompkins Buell held a fundraiser for David Brock's Media Matters at her San Francisco home. In 1994, The Conservation Land Trust (CLT), along with U.S. philanthropist Peter Buckley, acquired 208,000 acres (84,000ha) of native forest that was slated for logging, adjacent to vast areas of federal land under the jurisdiction of the Chilean Armed Forces. Esprit, died in the terrain he was devoted to conserving. He had the ability to walk his talk. Several years later the couple, along with a third partner, Jane Tise, started selling plain Jane dresses out of a station wagon. But he lived the life while others sat behind a desk.. 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. 2023 Patagonia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. A small facility in the Pillan farm processes honey and berries for jams, which are sold under the name Pillan Organics. Track orders, save products, easy hassle-free returns & exchanges. It set the course for what we were going to do later in life., In his autobiography Let My People Go Surfing, Chouinard credits Tompkins with introducing him to whitewater kayaking and with mentoring him at a critical time in his companys life. 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.. The aircraft dragged them slowly due to the size of the waves and the danger of catching the rope in the machines propeller. If youre not willing to take the political heat, then you shouldnt get into the game of land conservation, especially on a large scale., Douglas Tompkins, 72, North Face Founder, Dies in Kayaking Accident, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/business/douglas-tompkins-72-north-face-founder-dies-in-kayaking-accident.html. Doug Thompson. [8] In 1963, Tompkins founded the California Mountaineering Guide Service. Those close to him recall a brilliant man with an absolute passion for nature. The husband and wife team also donated land to create coastal national parks in Chile and Argentina. Jimmy Langman, editor of local outdoor magazine Patagon Journal, described Tompkins as responsible for establishing a conservation ethic in Chile and Argentina. Friend of the great climber and surfer Yvon Chouinard, Patagonias founder, they opened a new route on Mount Fitz Roytogether and revolutionised climbing and mountaineering. He was rescued but later died from severe hypothermia. Learn more about our environmental and social responsibility program. At his death Mr. Tompkins had been working on creating new parks in Patagonia and in the Iber wetlands in northeastern Argentina. Growing increasingly concerned about the ecological impacts of the fashion industry, Tompkins decided to leave the business world in the late 1980s. Doug was special to many of us, the company wrote. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. His daughter, Quincey Tompkins Imhoff, of Healdsburg, remembered a time as a girl when her father landed a small plane on a remote beach in Baja California only to notice later that the tide was rolling in and covering the wheels. He succumbed to hypothermia resulting from a kayaking accident that took place in Patagonia . In the process of buying up land for what he hoped would be 12 national parks, he reforested denuded acres, cultivated sustainable farms, built visitor centers and established hiking trails. [24], Led by Tompkins, the Conservation Land Trust acquired 150,000 hectares of old cattle ranches bordering the provincial park, including habitats not then represented in the park. Zamboni, Tala, Sebastin Di Martino, and Ignacio Jimnez-Prez (2017). Also known as Dwight L Thompson, L Douglas, Dwan L Thompson. Doug Tompkins paced the San Francisco sidewalk, hawking downhill skis to beatniks and groggy sailors. "We just weren't prepared," Chouinard admits now. Doug Tompkins passed away doing the very thing he loved, and he will be remembered as one of the most important characters in environmental activism and ecology our generation has ever known. Read more on these topics: Americas, Latin America, South America, Outdoor. Fitz Roy in 1968. It is easy for this to happen, said Hartmann. Tompkins acknowledged the local objections to an outsider buying up land in Chile, but he believed the risks of going up against the Chilean government outweighed doing nothing: First of all, you never know if youre doing to right thing, he once said. In addition, he was a skilled bush pilot.[16]. On December 8, 2015, Tompkins was kayaking with five others (including Patagonia, Inc. founder Yvon Chouinard) on General Carrera Lake in southern Chile when strong waves caused their kayaks to capsize. Like that Zen painter who always leaves part of his painting unfinished, we always left room for disaster. After retiring in 1989, Tompkins moved to South America and turned his attention to environmental activism. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. [20] The Tompkinses' conservation efforts focused on preserving wild landscapes and biodiversity. He flew airplanes, he climbed to the top of mountains all over the world, said his daughter Summer Tompkins Walker. He began to invest in conservation groups in Patagonia and offer grants to local environmental groups. Esprit emerged from the buyout so deeply in debt that in less than two years it went into technical default on its outstanding loans. We meet the women working to reverse trends of disengagement with studies, normalise motherhood in universities, and counteract gender disparities to improve access to academic careers for Colombian women and mothers. The North Face founder Doug Tompkins on the first ascent of Chile's Ruta de los Californianos in 1968. [39][40] He was 72 years old and survived by his second wife, Kristine (McDivitt), two daughters, brother and mother.[13][41]. [9] It was during this time he met Susie Russell, a casino employee who gave him a lift while hitch-hiking to Lake Tahoe. The Iber project was a private conservation enterprise that was spearheaded by Tompkins, working with George Soros, Harvard University,[22] and Rewilding Argentina. [7], In 1990, Tompkins Buell led a leveraged buyout that gained her control of the company, and netted her an estimated $150 million. hey 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. Tompkins, however, had spent nearly two hours in the water by the time he was rescued. Unable to right their kayak, the pair held on to their boat while the other members of their group attempted to coordinate a rescue.Using a satellite phone, the group called for a helivac while Ellison and Boyles attempted to pull Tompkins from the water. Also in 1997, Tompkins Buell filed a lawsuit against Esprit, seeking about $4 million in reimbursements from the company for tax payments she made after selling much of her stake in the company to investors.[7][8]. Before the rescue, Tompkins spent a considerable amount of time in waters under 4 degrees Celsius, or under 40 degrees Fahrenheit, The New York Times reported, citing a local news story. E-mail: pfimrite@sfchronicle.com. Well let you know when more stories drop. He had done a lot of really dangerous things in remote, wild places for his entire life, and here he is, on a sort of easy-going camping trip with his old buddies, and should end up perishing in an accident it is not what any of us ever expected.. Concerned about the environmental impact? The accident took place in Chile, where Tompkins lived with his wife Kristine McDivitt, whilst he was kayaking with a group of five people. Lake General Carrera is the size of an inland sea, 21 times larger than Manhattan, with temperatures ranging that dip to 4C (39F), even in the summer months. An early adventure junkie, he opened the North Face in 1964 with his first wife, Susan. Il miliardario Douglas Tompkins aveva dedicato gli ultimi anni alla battaglia ecologista. Management Consultant. The company co-founder, who died last week in a kayaking accident, was an outdoorsman and environmentalist who launched two billion-dollar businesses. Went to Franklin High School Franklin, North Carolina. In an interview with La Tercera, the co-pilot of the rescue helicopter said the craft had no mechanism to airlift Tompkins directly from the water. The second best result is Doug W Thompson age 80+ in North Port, FL. Includes Address (7) Phone (3) Email (4) See Results. He died from hypothermia at a nearby hospital. Sign up for exclusive offers, original stories, activism awareness, events and more from Patagonia. Around the lake, mountains rise up on all sides forming a highly variable microclimate the weather can turn from sunny and calm to snowing with gale-force winds in a matter of hours. https://t.co/VsAWellWAv, The North Face EMEA (@TheNorthFaceEU) 9 Dicembre 2015. After four months driving down the Pan-American Highway, the pair reached Mt Fitzroy on the border between Chile and Argentina, where they established a new route to the summit. Saving the Last Frontier / Douglas and Kristine Tompkins fight Douglas Tompkins poses in his property in Ibera, near Carlos Pellegrini in Corrientes Province, Argentina, on November 5, 2009. Mr. Tompkins, who also co-founded Esprit with his then-wife, Susie Tompkins Buell, capsized while paddling with five other people on General Carrera Lake in the Patagonia region, according to reports confirmed by North Face officials. Tompkins is buried at a small cemetery near the Lodge at Valle Chacabuco in Parque Patagonia. 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. Doug is related to Jean B Thompson . Nevertheless, she adds, They have protected more land than any other private individuals in history.. How Dougs death will affect negotiations with the government, I dont know, said Butler. McDivitt Tompkins will continue as the organizations leader. The kayak capsized and Tompkins fell into the icy water. At the time Chouinard, who first met Tompkins climbing as a teenager, was a private in the Army and stationed nearby. Douglas Tompkins, the entrepreneur and environmentalist who co-founded outdoor equipment giant The North Face almost 50 years ago, has died in a kayaking accident in the Chilean wilderness . [14], In 2016, Tompkins Buell donated $500,000 to lawyer Lisa Bloom's firm in order to assist women who came forward with sexual harassment and assault allegations against Donald Trump leading up to the 2016 presidential election. Douglas Tompkins, the founder of North Face and Esprit, died in the terrain he was devoted to conserving. See Photos. Mr. Tompkins was born in Ohio in 1943 and grew up in Millbrook, N.Y. A ski racer, rock climber and alpinist with several first ascents to his credit, he founded the California Mountaineering Guide Service in 1963. 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. Mr. Tompkins eventually landed near Tahoe City, Calif., where he worked in the ski lodges and started his first business, the California Mountaineering Service. South American news stations reported that Mr. Tompkins was in the water for a lengthy period before he was rescued. I'm a troublemaker and I'm proud of it. The remote expanses of southern Chile, facing ecological threats from human activity like logging, offered opportunities for the type of large-scale conservation envisioned by this husband-and-wife team. Credit: Daniel Garcia/Getty Images. "Doug would call up and scream at my commander, Hey, damn it, this is colonel so-and-so! By the time Tompkins reached the hospital in the town of Coyhaique, he had stopped breathing, and his body temperature had dropped to 19C (66.2F). [1], She attended primary school at the Convent School of the Sacred Heart, Ojai Valley School, and Miss Burkes School. But with the case of Douglas Tompkins, the headlines and context dont match up. Related To Hannis Thompson, Stella Thompson, Seth Thompson, Travis Thompson, Or Thompson. [17] By 1978, sales topped $100 million a year and the company had formed partnerships in Germany and Hong Kong. The following day, the Chilean government announced that Pumaln Park, one of Tompkins earliest acquisitions, will become a national park in March 2017. [1] The Tompkins divorced in 1989. General Carrera is a picturesque lake surrounded by snow-capped peaks in the Andes. For those with antennae particularly attuned to schadenfreude, the headlines announcing the death of an eccentric-seeming billionaire in a kayaking accident in Chile might present a story thats impossible to resist. So in 1967 he sold The North Face for $50,000 to become a filmmaker like Bruce Brown, whose The Endless Summer had recently become a global hit. It would provide safe habitat for a range of native species, and encourage a transition from "an exploitative economy" to "an economy of conservation and ecotourism". He later eschewed the business world to focus on environmentalism, purchasing large swaths of land for . ". According to a 2012 profile in Earth Island Journal. Nature lover and adventurer, he founded The North Facein 1964. Tompkins Buell co-founded the Esprit clothing and The North Face brand with her first husband, Doug Tompkins whom she met when she picked him up while he was hitchhiking. [5], Just to the south of Pumalin, Corcovado National Park represents one of Tompkins's completed conservation projects. [4] The Tompkinses were focused on park creation, wildlife recovery, ecological agriculture, and activism, with the goal of saving biodiversity. // Our hearts go out to all of his loved ones. We believe that humans have an ethical obligation to share the planet with other species, and that we must reorient our values and activities so that all forms of life can flourish. We know what to expect -- more confrontation, more outrage, more mistrust.. The early years set the design standard of good quality sleeping bags, backpacks, and mountaineering tents. 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. Feeling a growing sense of urgency about proposed dam projects and encroaching oil and gas developments, he then started to plow his money directly into buying up land that was inexpensive and also under threat. In 1966, the first The North Face store was opened; the band The Grateful Dead played at the grand opening. Shop The North Face Canada End of Season Sale for winter deals on jackets, backpacks, coats, shoes, hoodies, and other outdoor gear for men, women, and kids. [12] Buell along with George Soros and other Democracy Alliance members John R. Hunting; Paul Rudd (co-founder of Adaptive Analytics); Pat Stryker; Nicholas Hanauer; ex-Clinton administration official Rob Stein; Drummond Pike; real estate developer Robert Bowditch; Pioneer Hybrid International-heir and congressional candidate Scott Wallace; Gail Furman; real estate developer Albert Dwoskin; and Taco Bell-heir Rob McKay, funded the Secretary of State Project, an American non-profit, 527 political action committee focused on electing reform-minded progressive Secretaries of State in battleground states, who typically oversee the election process. August 5, 2021. 6. In 1968, Tompkins, his wife Susie, and her friend Jane Tise began selling girls dresses, which they had planned on the kitchen table, out of the back of a VW bus. Tompkins believes in deep ecology, an absolutist version of environmentalismwhich contains little to surprise a North American reader. At some stage, he lost consciousness. He was 72. 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. Tompkins sold The North Face with the intention of a focus on adventure film making.[13]. Sign Up. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. The Iber project advocated for enhanced protection of government-owned floodplain lands, and in 2009 the provincial government created Iber Provincial Park on 553,000 hectares of public land in the reserve. [36] Eco Barons, Edward Humes' 2009 account of the "dreamers, schemers, and millionaires who are saving our planet," uses Tompkins as the first example of this new group of philanthropists. Doug Thompson. 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. But his work will have no end. In his senior year at Pomfret School in Connecticut, Tompkins was expelled for various minor infractions. Ends 2.28, while supplies last. He most recently visited our headquarters in Alameda, CA in 2013 and again inspired us to live a life of outdoor exploration. Yvon Chouinard, 77, founder of clothing company Patagonia, was in a kayak with Jib Ellison, founder and CEO of sustainability consulting firm Blu Skye. 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Nov 2007 - Present15 years 3 months. Of all the winning candidates of the 2006 municipal elections, Thompson had the highest percentage of donations coming from corporations (81.9%). Message and data rates may apply. The health service in the Aysn administrative region said Mr. Tompkins was boating with five others on General Carrera Lake when their kayaks capsized in heavy waves. The Conservation Land Trust (a U.S. environmental foundation) donated these protected lands to Fundacin Pumaln (a Chilean foundation), for their administration and continual development as a type of National Park with public access under a private initiative. Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of the North Face and Esprit clothing brands, died on Tuesday after a kayaking accident in the Patagonia region of southern Chile. [5] Initially Buell and Tise sold dresses to small clothing shops from the back of their Volkswagen van. 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