In Chile most of the people with power and money are exploiting the land, mining and building hydro power plants, destroying the planet for their own benefit. Douglas is a visionary, we are very thankful for his gifts to the future of the world. More people around here need to be like him. Hopefully his wife will continue his mission and legacy.
Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of North Face, dies after Chile kayak accident
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Re: Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of North Face, dies after Chile kayak accident
#12Cruel death is always near, so frail a thing is man. RIP Douglas Tompkins.
Re: Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of North Face, dies after Chile kayak accident
#13Like Yves Chouinard, Tompkins made his fortune from his outdoor apparel business and plowed a lot of the profits into conservation around the world. He died doing something he loved in an area he has helped which is about as good a way to go as anybody could hope for.
Re: Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of North Face, dies after Chile kayak accident
#14“In response to people who say you can’t go back. Well, what happens when you get to the cliff? Do you take one step forward or do you make a 180 degree turn and take . . . one step forward? Which way are you going? Which is progress?”
-- Douglas Tompkins
Re: Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of North Face, dies after Chile kayak accident
#15In Chile most of the people with power and money are exploiting the land, mining and building hydro power plants, destroying the planet for their own benefit. Douglas is a visionary, we are very thankful for his gifts to the future of the world. More people around here need to be like him. Hopefully his wife will continue his mission and legacy.
Amen to that!
Re: Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of North Face, dies after Chile kayak accident
#16Who in their right mind would use a Chile as a kayak?