Co- founder of North Face and a professional outdoorsman. If it happened to him it can happen to anyone. Reminder to never take risks on cold water.

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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, has died from severe hypothermia in a kayaking accident in Chile.
The well-known conservationist was 72.
The Aysen health service said the wealthy businessman and lifelong outdoorsman was boating with five other foreigners on Tuesday when their kayaks capsized in a lake in near freezing waters in the Patagonia region of southern Chile. Tompkins died later in the intensive care.