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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 in and buy up all this land, it obviously is going to be controversial. tell us how this all unfolde...

Douglas thompkins. dropped out of high school, went west to climb yosemite's 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 designed it all and by 40 was on top of the fashion design world. buddies with steve jobs, the

West to climb yosemite's 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, i'm ready to get a plane ticket right now see all of that. but wait, i can see it on tv and then later i'll 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. >> right. right. he's a guy who was an accidental multimillionaire in his 30s and had this sort ...

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. that's the point, right? >> exactly. doug, after the adventure, he gets frustrated that he can't find good sleeping gear so he starts a company called north face. and his friend starts a company called patagonia. millionaires by the time they're in their 30s. they'r...

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 yosemite's 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. >> i'm intrigued. gotta say. bill weir is joining us now. this picked my interest. this was because of his love of the outdoo...