Hamish MacInnes
Acting1930Gatehouse 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.
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7- 2019Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnesMovieas Self
- 2001The Quest for the Holy Grail LocationsMovieas Self
- 1992The Old Man of HoyMovieas Self
- 1967How They Climbed the Old Man of HoyMovieas Self
- 1967The Old Man of HoyMovieas Self
- 1965The Matterhorn LiveMovieas Self
- —Live from the MatterhornMovieas Self