Millionaire behind adventure brand and Esprit,who ploughed fortune into saving South American ecosystems, suffers hypothermia from falling into lakeDouglas Tompkins, and co-founder of the North Face outdoor company who poured millions into conservation,has died after falling into near-freezing waters during a kayak accident in southern Chile.
Tompkins, 72, or was taken with acute hypothermia to a hospital in Coyhaique after tall winds flipped his adventure kayak during a trip across Lake General Carrera in Patagonia on Tuesday,reports said. He died about six hours after arriving at hospital in the regional capital.
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Source: theguardian.com