NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Doug Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing lines, died Tuesday while kayaking in Patagonia, Chile. He was 72. Tompkins was an avid conservationi… ...

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, has died. He was 72.

With this in mind, then, the best kayaking is found inland–away from the wind-battered open seas–within the maze of fjords, glaciers, and protected waterways of southern Patagonia.

Earlier this month, three kayakers completed a 32-day expedition through remote southern Patagonia. They covered nearly 900km of isolated fiords and rugged coastline. Mathew Schweizer and Brody ...

The opportunity to head to Patagonia and cut my teeth as a kayak guide was, in a strange sort of way, my way of finding a new bearing. I hired on with a company on the River Serrano, a 37-mile (60 ...

Terry Prichard, 55, is co-owner of Seakayak Adventures, which has operated sea kayaking and whale-watching trips on Mexico's Baja Peninsula since 1993. Prichard, based in Couer d'Alene, Idaho ...

The founder of North Face apparel company, Douglas Tompkins, died Tuesday at the age of 72 after a kayaking accident in the Patagonia region of Chile. Tompkins, a businessman and environmental ...

Doug Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing lines, died Tuesday while kayaking in Patagonia, Chile. He was 72.

NEW YORK – Doug Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing lines, died Tuesday while kayaking in Patagonia, Chile. He was 72. Tompkins was an avid conservationist and crea… ...