Patagonia Honors Explorer, Conservationist with Newest Retail Location in Argentina
From Patagonia:
BARILOCHE, ARGENTINA—Outdoor apparel company Patagonia’s newest retail location in Argentina is part store, part museum: Completed in 1916, the building was once home to explorer, mountaineer and environmentalist Emilio Frey and his wife, Rosa Schumacher.
The 6-acre property was put on sale in 2014 after Nelly Schumacher’s passing. Since then, Frey’s descendants had been looking for a buyer that would conserve the home, known as Los Cipreses or Casa Frey, and honor Frey’s legacy as an advocate for nature and director of South America’s first national park.
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