# Hamish MacInnes

> 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.

*Scottish mountain climber (1930–2020)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1930-07-07
- **Died:** 2020-11-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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