Hamish MacInnes
July 7, 1930 (96 years old) in Gatehouse of Fleet, Galloway, Scotland
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
- 1965 · Le Cervin en direct as Self
- Future · En direct du Cervin as Self
- 2019 · Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes as Self
- 2001 · The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations as Self
- 1992 · The Old Man of Hoy as Self
- 1967 · How They Climbed the Old Man of Hoy as Self
- 1967 · The Old Man of Hoy as Self