2020-11-22
1930-07-0796 years, 4 months, and 5 days old
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Place of birth:
Gatehouse of Fleet, Galloway, Scotland
Adult:
No
Gender:
Male
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.
Images Gallery
Best Credits: 7
| Title | ||||||
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Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes | Self | 0 | 2019-05-10 | 0.582 | ||
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations | Self | 8 | 2001-10-23 | 0.7739 | ||
How They Climbed the Old Man of Hoy | Self | 0 | 1967-07-02 | 0.5809 | ||
The Old Man of Hoy | Self | 0 | 1967-07-01 | 0.5679 | ||
The Old Man of Hoy | Self | 0 | 1992-06-02 | 0.5125 | ||
Live from the Matterhorn | Self | 0 | Not released | 0.3788 | ||
The Matterhorn Live | Self | 0 | 1965-01-01 | 0.5082 |
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