Passing of a World Climbing Legend - Hamish MacInnes

Scottish climbing legend Hamish MacInnes passed away at his home in Glencoe, Scotland last Sunday (11-22-2020) at age 90. In addition to establishing cutting edge climbs in Scotland, he was involved in adventures throughout the world and invented all sorts of of climbing and rescue gear such as Terrordactyl ice tools and the MacInnes stretcher. Hamish frequently partnered with climbing powerhouses like Mo Antoine, Sir Chris Bonington, Joe Brown, Yvon Chouinard, Dougal Haston, Doug Scott,  Don Whillans and many others. He was also involved in a number of big-budget movies, like The Eiger Sanction with Clint Eastwood, Five Days One Summer with Sir Sean Connery and The Mission with Robert De Niro.

See:

Hamish MacInnes, Scotland’s Man of the Mountains, Dies at 90 - The New York Times (nytimes.com) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/world/europe/hamish-macinnes-dead.html

Legendary Scots climber Dr Hamish MacInnes dies - BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-55044054

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_MacInnes

Final Ascent: The Legend Of Hamish MacInnes (2019):https://www.finalascent.co.uk/

The Lost World (1974): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei3sKArFXf4&feature=emb_logo

Above: Paul Ross (foreground) and Hamish MacInnes (with a head injury due to falling rock) on an early ascent of the Bonatti Pillar on the Dru in the Alps. Photo by Sir Chris Bonington.

Another great obituary by Rusty Ballie:

https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/hamish-macinnes-who-revolutionized-scottish-winter-climbing-dies-at-90/

Schedule for tomorrow, December 4th, 2020 from the funeral home:

Hamish will leave from our Funeral Home at 10am, arriving at Glencoe Village at approximately 10:30am, stopping briefly at
Glencoe Mountain Rescue Centre, passing through the village and pausing for a short time of reflection at his own home,
Tigh-A-Voulin, before continuing to the crematorium.

We stand on the shoulders of giants!

My deepest condolences to Hamish’s Family and many Friends.

RIP

For folks unfamiliar with Hamish MacInnes, the links above are well with checking out. He was a very accomplished climber and human being.