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Thousand years before christ walked the earth, all of which appealed to a certain tree hugger from back east, an adventure lover, an adrenaline junkie, a big river by the name of douglas thompkins. dropped out of high school, went west to climb the 70s rocks and fell in with a group called the fun hogs. summer of 1968 they climb under -- climed into a van in san francisco and skied, and climbed their way all the way to pat gonia. >> so bill, just the fact that thompkins was a foreigner to come i...

Douglas thompkins. dropped out of high school, went west to climb yosemites rocks and fell in with a group called the fun hogs. summer of 68 they climb under h -- climed into a van in san francisco and skied, kayaked and climbed all the way to patagonia. all you x-gamers, you red bullers, these are your founding fathers. but he turned out to be a hell of a businessman. he started northface that age of 21. even got the grateful dead to play the grand opening. remember espree in the 80s, doug desi...

West to climb yosemites rocks and fell in with a group called the fun hogs. summer of 68, they climbed into a van in san francisco, surfed, climbed, skied, kayaked their way all the way to patagonia. oh my gosh, im ready to get a plane ticket right now see all of that. but wait, i can see it on tv and then later ill get the plane ticket. "the wonder list" airs tonight. such extraordinary images. no wonder tompkins was so enamored and said, wait a minute, i want to preserve this as best i can. ...

Big river rafter, big mountain skier and big moneymaker by the name of douglas thompson. he dropped out of school went west and joined a group called the fun hogs. they climbed into a van in san francisco, surfed, climbed, kayaked their way all the way to patagonia. >> bill weir is with us now. bill, a beautiful point of the globe. thats the point, right? >> exactly. doug, after the adventure, he gets frustrated that he cant find good sleeping gear so he starts a company called north face. and h...

That were allowed before christ walked the earth. all of which appealed to a certain tree hugger from back east. an adventure lover and adrenaline junkie. big mountain skier and rafter and big money maker by the name of douglas tompkins. >> dropped out of high school and went west to climb yosemites rocks and fell in with a group called the fun hogs. summer of 1968, they climbed into a van and surfed and climbed and skied and kayaked their way all the way to patagonia. >> im intrigued. gotta say...

Group called the fun hogs. summer 68, they climbed into a van in san francisco, surfed, climbed, skied, kayaked their way all the way to patagonia. >> interesting. bill weir is joining us live. tell us about the work you saw in patagonia and why it was so controversial. >> imagine if a chinese national or saudi prince said i want to buy south dakota and take out all the farmers and let it go wild for your own benefit. people would be suspicious, right? this powerful fashion couple, doug and chri...

The most agile, intelligent big cat, the puma. there are over 1,000 different kinds of moss, countless ferns. big trees that were alive a thousand years before christ walked the earth. all of which appealed to a certain tree hugger from back east. an adventure lover, adrenaline junky, big river rafter, big mountain skier, and big money maker, by the name of douglas tomkins. dropped out of high school, went west to climb the yosemite rocks and fell in with a group called the fun hogs. summer of 6...