mountaineer - dubbed the Fox of Glencoe - has died at the age of 90. World renowned climbing expert Dr Hamish MacInnes, who was based in Glencoe, climbed the Matterhorn in the Alps when he was just 16.
He went on to found mountain rescue teams and write books on mountaineering.Dr MacInnes is also credited with inventing climbing’s first all-metal ice axe and a rescue stretcher.His design for a stretcher has been used by rescue teams, and military special forces, all over the world.His pal Sir Michael Palin said: “I first met Hamish when we were doing some filming in Glen Coe for Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
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