{"id":198844,"date":"2015-12-09T14:58:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T14:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.co.uk\/blog\/?p=198844"},"modified":"2021-01-05T14:26:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:26:28","slug":"a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Tompkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\">All of us at Swoop were very sad to hear the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-35048095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news this morning<\/a> that Doug Tompkins had died in a kayaking accident on Lago General Carrera in Aysen. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.<\/div>\n<p>In October this year, I was lucky enough to meet Doug and hear him talk about his conservation projects in Chile and Argentina. Besides his fundamental role in the sustainability of Patagonia&#8217;s ecosystems, he&#8217;s also an inspiration to myself and a myriad of others as a businessman (founder of North Face) and as a mountaineer (finding a new route up Cerro Fitzroy in 1968).<\/p>\n<p>For those that don&#8217;t know about Doug you may find the following interesting:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mntnfilm.com\/en\/film\/180-south-2010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.mntnfilm.com\/en\/film\/180-south-2010<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tompkinsconservation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.tompkinsconservation.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div>Luke Errington<\/div>\n<div>Founder &amp; MD<\/div>\n<div>Swoop Patagonia<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of us at Swoop were very sad to hear the news this morning that Doug Tompkins had died in a kayaking accident on Lago General Carrera in Aysen. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. In October this year, I was lucky enough to meet Doug and hear him talk about his conservation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":199690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Doug Tompkins - Swoop Patagonia Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doug Tompkins - Swoop Patagonia Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All of us at Swoop were very sad to hear the news this morning that Doug Tompkins had died in a kayaking accident on Lago General Carrera in Aysen. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. In October this year, I was lucky enough to meet Doug and hear him talk about his conservation [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swoop Patagonia Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swooptravel\/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-09T14:58:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-05T14:26:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-15.36.39.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1098\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"724\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Luke Errington\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SwoopPatagonia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Luke Errington\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Luke Errington\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2d28a66600d0e30464d10260dea0f8bb\"},\"headline\":\"Doug Tompkins\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-09T14:58:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-05T14:26:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/\"},\"wordCount\":136,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Comment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/\",\"name\":\"Doug Tompkins - Swoop Patagonia Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-09T14:58:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-05T14:26:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Doug Tompkins\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Swoop Patagonia Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swoop Patagonia Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/swoop-patagonia-logo-blog.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/swoop-patagonia-logo-blog.svg\",\"width\":1220,\"height\":108,\"caption\":\"Swoop Patagonia Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2d28a66600d0e30464d10260dea0f8bb\",\"name\":\"Luke Errington\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Luke-Errington-Swoop-CEO-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Luke-Errington-Swoop-CEO-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Luke Errington\"},\"description\":\"Luke fell in love with Patagonia when he first trekked through the Andes some 15 years ago. In 2010 he founded Swoop Patagonia and since then has trekked, ridden and paddled thousands of miles throughout the region. At home in Bristol he's a dad of three, and a keen trail runner and adventure racer.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.co.uk\/\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swooptravel\/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwoopPatagonia\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/author\/luke\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Doug Tompkins - Swoop Patagonia Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Doug Tompkins - Swoop Patagonia Blog","og_description":"All of us at Swoop were very sad to hear the news this morning that Doug Tompkins had died in a kayaking accident on Lago General Carrera in Aysen. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. In October this year, I was lucky enough to meet Doug and hear him talk about his conservation [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/","og_site_name":"Swoop Patagonia Blog","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swooptravel\/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel","article_published_time":"2015-12-09T14:58:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-01-05T14:26:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1098,"height":724,"url":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-15.36.39.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Luke Errington","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SwoopPatagonia","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Luke Errington","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/"},"author":{"name":"Luke Errington","@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2d28a66600d0e30464d10260dea0f8bb"},"headline":"Doug Tompkins","datePublished":"2015-12-09T14:58:17+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-05T14:26:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/"},"wordCount":136,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Comment"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/","name":"Doug Tompkins - Swoop Patagonia Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-12-09T14:58:17+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-05T14:26:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/a-tribute-to-doug-tompkins\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Doug Tompkins"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/","name":"Swoop Patagonia Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Swoop Patagonia Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/swoop-patagonia-logo-blog.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/swoop-patagonia-logo-blog.svg","width":1220,"height":108,"caption":"Swoop Patagonia Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2d28a66600d0e30464d10260dea0f8bb","name":"Luke Errington","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Luke-Errington-Swoop-CEO-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Luke-Errington-Swoop-CEO-96x96.jpg","caption":"Luke Errington"},"description":"Luke fell in love with Patagonia when he first trekked through the Andes some 15 years ago. In 2010 he founded Swoop Patagonia and since then has trekked, ridden and paddled thousands of miles throughout the region. At home in Bristol he's a dad of three, and a keen trail runner and adventure racer.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.co.uk\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swooptravel\/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel","https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwoopPatagonia"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/author\/luke\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198844"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199702,"href":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198844\/revisions\/199702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}