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Hamish MacInnes

Hamish MacInnes (born McInnes; 7 July 1930 – 22 November 2020) 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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