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In 1964, Tompkins borrowed $5,000 from a bank to found The North Face, Inc., in San Francisco, [12] as a mail order and retail company, selling rock climbing and camping equipment. The early years set the design standard of sleeping bags, backpacks, and mountaineering tents.
Doug co-founded The North Face in 1966 with the intention of making the outdoors accessible to people of all backgrounds and capabilities. In the first The North Face mail order catalog, Doug wrote a Letter to consumers expressing his desire to outfit the adventurer with gear that mirrored the proverb, “necessity before luxury.”
Dec 9, 2015 · Douglas Tompkins, 72, the entrepreneur behind the legendary North Face and Esprit clothing brands, died Tuesday after his kayak capsized in heavy waves in the Patagonia region of southern...
In 1966, a young climber named Doug Tompkins used his savings to start a revolution. A humble shop in San Francisco soon became a cultural trading post where the Grateful Dead played live, the Beat Generation shared new ideas and a who’s who of American climbers stopped in after traversing Yosemite.
Aug 5, 2021 · In October 1966, Tompkins planned to launch The North Face’s new winter season. He needed a stunt to make a splash, so he asked Jerry Mander, a music promoter friend, to jazz up the evening.
In 1966, a young climber named Doug Tompkins used his savings to start a revolution. A humble shop in San Francisco soon became a cultural trading post where the Grateful Dead played live, the Beat Generation shared new ideas and a who’s who of American climbers stopped in after traversing Yosemite.
Dec 9, 2015 · Doug Tompkins, a high school dropout who made a fortune founding the clothing lines The North Face and Esprit and then used his wealth to conserve millions of acres in Patagonia, died...
