Hamish MacInnes
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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".
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Magnus MagnussonAlso won Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Lily EbertAlso won British Empire Medal
Philip CravenAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Stirling
Jonathon PorrittAlso won honorary doctor of Heriot-Watt University
Brian RobinsonAlso won British Empire Medal
Alan R. BattersbyAlso won honorary doctor of Heriot-Watt UniversityAbout this person
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.
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