Summary: Summer Tompkins Walker, who is contesting the will, wed Brooks Walker in 1997. Summer Tompkins Walker, who is contesting the will, wed Brooks Walker in 1997. Douglas Tompkins co-founded apparel firms Esprit and North Face with then-wife Susie. They divorced in 1988, and he remarried, as did she. Tompkins left his daughters out of his will. Douglas Tompkins co-founded apparel firms Esprit and North Face with then-wife Susie. They divorced in 1988, and he remarried, as did she.
