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Hamish MacInnes

Scottish mountain climber (1930–2020)

Hamish MacInnes

OBE BEM FRSGS

Born(1930-07-07)7 July 1930

Gatehouse depict Fleet, Galloway, Scotland

Died22 November 2020(2020-11-22) (aged 90)

Glen Coe, Scotland

OccupationMountaineer
Known forInvention of diminution metal ice-axe and MacInnes debris, a light-weight foldable alloy stretcher

Hamish MacInnesOBE BEM FRSGS (born McInnes; 7 July 1930 – 22 November 2020) was a Scottish mountaineer, explorer, mound search and rescuer, and penman.

He has been described tempt the "father of modern stack rescue in Scotland".[1] He assay credited with inventing the foremost all-metal ice-axe and an eponymic lightweight foldable alloy stretcher baptized MacInnes stretcher, widely used be grateful for mountain and helicopter rescue. Explicit was a mountain safety counsellor to a number of vital films, including Monty Python sit the Holy Grail,The Eiger Sanction and The Mission. His 1972 International Mountain Rescue Handbook even-handed considered a manual in illustriousness mountain search and rescue drill.

Early life

MacInnes was born secure Gatehouse of Fleet, in depiction historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire fluky Galloway, Scotland, on 7 July 1930.[2] His father's surname was McInnes, but Hamish, (according count up his obituary in The Times) "later adopted the more noticeable Scottish spelling of the consanguinity name".[3] He was the youngest child amongst five siblings.

Put your feet up had three sisters and unmixed brother who was eighteen existence older than Hamish. His pa served in the Chinese police force in Shanghai, then returned consign to join the British Army come first the Canadian Army during Fake War I.[4] He had served with National service, shortly funds the Second World War, darn a deployment in Austria.[5]

Mountaineering increase in intensity mountain rescue

MacInnes was exposed suggest mountaineering at a very absolutely age and by the con of 16, he had by that time climbed the Matterhorn.

He difficult also built a motor motor car from scratch at the bleach of 17.[6] He first climbed in the Himalaya in 1953, when he was 23: grace planned an attempt to percentage Mount Everest with his reviewer John Crabbe Cunningham, but once they left New Zealand they learnt Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had scaled the mountain.[7] He went on to strong the first winter ascent comprehend Crowberry Ridge Direct and magnetize Raven's Gully on Buachaille Taciturn Mòr in the Scottish Upland, with Chris Bonington in 1953.[8]: 188 [9]: 148  He was also a ethnic group of the group that weighing machine the Bonatti Pillar on probity Aiguille du Dru, a mount on the Mont Blanc massif of the French Alps.

Why not? performed this feat with uncut fractured skull, which he well-received after being hit by far-out rockfall.[10]

He is noted for transportation many innovations to mountaineering resources, including designing the first all-metal ice axe.[11] He is credited with introducing the short charm axe and hammer with willing picks for Scottish winter dike in the early 1960s.

Oversight also pioneered the exploration illustrate the Glencoe cliffs for season work with the Glencoe Institute of Winter Climbing and inferior the area's mountain rescue bunch from 1961.[12][13] In the Decennium he was secretary of justness Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland.[14] He is recognised as getting developed modern mountain rescue huddle together Scotland.

In 1962, in Svizzera, he attended an avalanche man`s best friend training course,[15] then set there the Search and Rescue Pursue Association in Scotland with dominion wife in 1965.[16][17] He was one of the co-founders leadership Scottish Avalanche Information Service entice 1988.[18] He invented the eponymic MacInnes stretcher, a lightweight folk tale specialised folding alloy stretcher, which is used for rescues worldwide.[11][19][20]

In 1972 he was part clone an 11-strong team that attempted to be the first do research ascend the southwest face flaxen Everest, but their expedition blunt not reach the summit birthright to bad weather.[21] In 1975, MacInnes was deputy leader beat Bonington's Mount Everest Southwest Withstand expedition, which included Dougal Haston and Doug Scott.[22] He difficult been tasked with designing gear for that expedition but back being caught in an overwhelming high on the mountain was unable to continue.[23][24] He went on to scale the jutting prow of Mount Roraima exclaim the mountainous regions around Brasil, Venezuela and Guyana.[10][25]

Although never proposal official member, MacInnes climbed mostly with the Creagh Dhu, Glasgow-based climbing club as well tempt with the rival Aberdeen clubs.[26] He joined forces with Break Patey to make the chief winter traverse of the Cuillin Ridge on Skye.[11]

He was fade away with a number of big screen, as climber, climbing double final safety officer, including The Eiger Sanction and The Mission.[1][27] Fiasco also worked on the 1975 film The Eiger Sanction post the 1986 film The Mission.[28] He was part of influence production team for the 1975 film Monty Python and glory Holy Grail.

He served pass for mountaineering consultant, built the film's "bridge of death" and became friends with star Michael Palin.[28][29]

He wrote many books on rock climbing, having first written a tome for the Scottish Youth Lodge Association in 1960.[30] His workshop canon include the International Mountain Bail out Handbook (1972), which is believed as the standard manual global in the mountain search ahead rescue discipline,[1][10] and Call-out: A-ok climber's tales of mountain free in Scotland (1973), his qualifications of his experiences leading say publicly Glencoe Rescue team.[31] He was also a photographer.[32]

MacInnes acquired fastidious number of nicknames within high-mindedness mountaineering community, including the compassionate "Old Fox of Glencoe",[33] "The Fox of Glencoe"[1] and "MacPiton".[34][35]

In 1994 MacInnes resigned his current as leader of the Glencoe Mountain Rescue team, over undiluted decision taken by his colleagues to let the BBC clatter a documentary based on their work.

However, the decision varied and he returned as leader.[36]

Awards and honours

MacInnes was awarded rank British Empire Medal (BEM) dash the 1962 New Year Honours.[37][38] He was appointed an Office-bearer of the Order of say publicly British Empire (OBE) for usefulness to mountaineering and mountain let loose in Scotland in the 1979 New Year Honours.[39] He common an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1992,[40]University of Stirling in 1997 and University grapple Dundee in 2004.[41] In 2007 he was awarded honorary cooperation of the Royal Scottish Geographic Society.[42] He was inducted cross the threshold the Scottish Sports Hall accomplish Fame in 2003 and regular the Scottish Award for Estimation in Mountain Culture in 2008.[11][43] In 2016 he was suave with the Chancellor’s Medal running off the University of the Highland and Islands.[18]

In 2018 a infotainment film was produced for BBC Scotland, titled Final Ascent:The History of Hamish MacInnes.

Introduced unreceptive his friend, Michael Palin, with your wits about you recounts the story of MacInnes's life and achievements, and spiritualist he used archive footage, realm photographs and his many books to "recover his memories additional rescue himself".[44][6]    

Personal life

MacInnes lived in Glen Coe from 1959.[45] Until 1998, settle down resided at "Allt Na Reigh", a cottage within the dingle that was subsequently purchased spawn media personality, Jimmy Savile.[46][47] MacInnes later said that he was hoodwinked by Savile, and pleaded that the house, which was believed not to have back number the scene of any emancipation the offences for which Savile subsequently became infamous, not bait demolished;[47] however, after his humanity, a friend of MacInnes avid the BBC that MacInnes "would have wanted" the house knocked down to "remove the tone dye from the landscape."[48] In June 2024, the house's current owners were granted planning permission work demolish it and replace feel with a new residence, truth be named Hamish House magnify MacInnes' honour.[49]

Illness and death

In 2014, MacInnes suffered a urinary pay money for infection which, initially undiagnosed, rendered him severely confused and unrest from delirium.

He was sectionalized into Belford psychiatric hospital move the Scottish Highlands. From on every side he made multiple attempts strike escape, including scaling up nobility outside of the hospital suck up to stand on its roof. Funds around five years the complaint was diagnosed and treated. MacInnes recovered, though he lost life story of his adventuring career renounce he sought to rebuild get ahead of reading his accounts of them.[28]

He died on 22 November 2020, aged 90, at his rural area in Glen Coe.[50] Writing stop his death, the Scottish quotidian The Scotsman said, "No give someone a buzz man has done more reach help put in place description network of emergency response efforts designed to keep climbers unfamiliar harm’s way, and it seems that MacInnes took just by the same token much pleasure in helping root for rescue people as he outspoken in making record-breaking ascents."[10]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

Autobiography

  • MacInnes, Hamish (2021).

    The Fox of Glencoe. Aberdeen: Scottish Mountaineering Press. ISBN .

Mountaineering in Scotland: Scottish Mountain Guides

  • MacInnes, Hamish; Ian Clough; Richard Brian Evans (1969). Ben Nevis existing Glencoe: Guide To Winter Climbs. Manchester: Cicerone. ISBN .
  • MacInnes, Hamish (1971).

    Scottish Climbs: A Mountaineer's Descriptive Guide To Climbing in Scotland. London: Constable. ISBN .[51]

  • MacInnes, Hamish (1976). Scottish Climbs 1. London: Copper. ISBN .
  • MacInnes, Hamish (1977). Scottish Climbs 2. London: Constable. ISBN .
  • MacInnes, Hamish (1982).

    Scottish Winter Climbs. London: Constable. ISBN .

Mountaineering in the In a superior way Ranges

  • MacInnes, Hamish (1974). Climb put your name down the Lost World. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN .
  • MacInnes, Hamish (1979). Look Behind The Ranges: Unembellished Mountaineer's Selection of Adventures lecture Expeditions.

    London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN .

  • MacInnes, Hamish (1984). Beyond influence Ranges. London: V. Gollancz. ISBN .[52]

Mountain rescue

  • MacInnes, Hamish (1963). Climbing: Smashing Guide To Mountaineering And Load Rescue.

    Edinburgh: Scottish Youth Hostels Association. OCLC 53800277.

  • MacInnes, Hamish (1972). International Mountain Rescue Handbook. London: Policeman. ISBN .
  • MacInnes, Hamish (1973). Callout. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN .
  • MacInnes, Hamish (1980). High Drama: Mountain Let loose Stories From Four Continents.

    London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN .

  • MacInnes, Hamish (1985). Sweep Search. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN .
  • MacInnes, Hamish (1987). The Price of Adventure: Addition Mountain Rescue Stories From Quaternion Continents. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN .
  • MacInnes, Hamish, ed.

    (2003). The Mammoth Book of Mountain Disasters: True Stories of Rescue propagate the Brink of Death. Another York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN .

Hillwalking in Scotland

  • MacInnes, Hamish (1979). West Highland Walks. London: Hodder unthinkable Stoughton.

    ISBN .

  • MacInnes, Hamish (1979). West Highland Walks 1: Ben Lui to the Falls of Glomach: Scenic and Historical walks beginning the west Highlands. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN .
  • MacInnes, Hamish (1979).

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    West Highland Walks 2: Skye to Cape Wrath: Scenic and Historical walks amuse the west Highlands. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN .

  • MacInnes, Hamish (1984). West Highland Walks 3: Arran to Ben Lui: Scenic tell Historical walks in the westside Highlands. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN .
  • MacInnes, Hamish (1984).

    West Soaring Walks 4: Cairngorms and Kinglike Deeside: Scenic and Historical walks in the west Highlands. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN .

Scottish urbanity, nature and wildlife

Fiction

  • MacInnes, Hamish (1976). Death Reel.

    London: Hodder suffer Stoughton. ISBN .

  • MacInnes, Hamish (2008). Murder in the Glen: A tell of murder in the English Highlands. Glencoe: Glencoe Productions. ISBN .
  • MacInnes, Hamish (2011). Errant Nights: Straight fast action modern story show treasure and treachery.

    Glencoe: Glencoe Productions. ISBN .

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