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Hamish MacInnes
Gatehouse 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…
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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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2019
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
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2001
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
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1992
The Old Man of Hoy
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1967
How They Climbed the Old Man of Hoy
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1967
The Old Man of Hoy
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1965
Le Cervin en direct
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En direct du Cervin
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