Hamish MacInnes
Birthday: 1930-07-07 | Place of Birth: Gatehouse of Fleet, Galloway, ScotlandHamish 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.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
1967
The Old Man of Hoy
as Self
1965
The Matterhorn Live
as Self
1
Live from the Matterhorn
as Self
