1930
Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer and author (died 2020)
Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer and author (died 2020)
Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer and author (died 2020)
Hamish MacInnes
Scottish mountain climber (1930–2020)
- Born
- 1930
Hamish MacInnes was a Scottish mountaineer, explorer, mountain search and rescuer, and author. He has been described as the "father of modern mountain rescue in Scotland". He is credited with inventing the first all-metal ice-axe and an eponymous lightweight foldable alloy stretcher called MacInnes stretcher, widely used in mountain and helicopter rescue. He was a mountain safety advisor to a number of major films, including Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Eiger Sanction and The Mission. His 1972 International Mountain Rescue Handbook is considered a manual in the mountain search and rescue discipline.