People
Hamish MacInnes
- Name: Hamish MacInnes
- Birthday: 1930-07-07
- Also known as: Hamish McInnes
- Place of birth: Gatehouse of Fleet, Galloway, Scotland
- Popularity: 0.4889
Biography:
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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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes as Self | 2019-05-10 |
| The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations as Self | 2001-10-23 |
| The Old Man of Hoy as Self | 1992-06-02 |
| How They Climbed the Old Man of Hoy as Self | 1967-07-02 |
| The Old Man of Hoy as Self | 1967-07-01 |
| The Matterhorn Live as Self | 1965-01-01 |
