Hamish MacInnes
Scottish mountain climber
Hamish MacInnes OBE FRSGS (7 July 1930 – 22 November 2020)[1] was a Scottish mountaineer, explorer, mountain search and rescuer, author and mountain safety advisor. He was called "the father of modern mountain rescue in Scotland".[2] He made an attempt to climb Mount Everest in 1953. He helped invent the first all-metal ice-axe and a lightweight stretcher.
MacInnes was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to mountaineering and mountain rescue in Scotland in the 1979 New Year Honours.
He died, aged 90, on 22 November 2020, at his home in Glen Coe, Scotland.[3]
References change
- ↑ "Birthdays". The Guardian. 7 July 2014. p. 31.
- ↑ "'Fox of Glencoe' awarded honour". BBC News. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
- ↑ Anna Koslerova, "Hamish McInnes, Scotland's greatest ever climber, dies at 90", The Scotsman, 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020
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