Hamish MacInnes

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Hamish MacInnes OBE BEM FRSGS (born McInnes) 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.

Known for

Credits

The Old Man of Hoy (1967)
as Self
The Old Man of Hoy (1992)
as Self
How They Climbed the Old Man of Hoy (1967)
as Self
Le Cervin en direct (1965)
as Self
En direct du Cervin (—)
as Self
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations (2001)
as Self
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes (2019)
as Self