Hamish MacInnes

Scottish mountain climber (1930-2020) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 90

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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2020Died22 November 20202007Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical SocietyAward2004Honorary DoctorateAward1997Honorary Doctor of the University of StirlingAward1992Honorary Doctor of Heriot-Watt UniversityAward1979Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1962British Empire MedalAward1930Born7 July 1930

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Awards

Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society2007

Honorary Doctorate2004

Honorary Doctor of the University of Stirling1997

Honorary Doctor of Heriot-Watt University1992

Officer of the Order of the British Empire1979

British Empire Medal1962

About this person

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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United Kingdom

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IMDb Websitehamishmacinnes.com

Writers from the United Kingdom 6

Phil Ford43.5 of 100 John Cecil Masterman43.5 of 100

Julia Camoys Stonor43.5 of 100

Valentine Ackland43.5 of 100 Alfred Watkins43.5 of 100 Robert Swindells43.5 of 100