Chouinard, Yvon

Of all his adventures, one stands out—the one that he and Yvon Chouinard still talk about the most, and that seemed to mark a turning point for both men, launching them on entirely new trajectories in their careers and their lives. This was their six-month climbing, driving, and filmmaking odyssey to Patagonia in 1968. Chouinard has called it his most enjoyable adventure. Tompkins says it planted the seeds for the eco baron he was to become two decades later. 

Something did, or rather someone did. She had gone to meet the Chouinards for dinner. It was a restaurant in some little funky monkey town all I knew was that Yvon was meeting someone there. We were having drinks and in walks old Tompkins. ... 

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