Remembering Doug Tompkins

The global flag of conservation is flying half-staff in the wake of Doug Tompkin’s death this past week. In short, he passed on while doing an activity he loved– kayaking — when winds whipped up and created a difficult and ultimately unnavigable situation. The ATTA and the adventure community at large mourns his death and it carries an especially painful sting as we had just gotten to know him better through this year’s Adventure Travel World Summit in Chile, where he…