In May 1953, two young, penniless, poorly equipped Scottish mountaineers hiked to the Everest base camp in the Himalayas hoping to become the first men to reach the summit of the highest mountain on ...

The legend of Hamish MacInnes began early. At 16 he climbed the Matterhorn. At 17 he built his first motor car – from scratch. He attempted Everest in 1953 with his friend Johnny Cunningham, and ...

The Scottish Mountaineering Trust has been announced as the sole beneficiary of the £446,000 estate of Hamish MacInnes. Mr MacInnes was known as ‘The Fox of Glencoe’ and is one of Scotland’s greatest ...

A legendary mountaineer and inventor's £446,000 estate has been donated to the Scottish Mountaineering Trust (SMT) charity. Hamish MacInnes, who was nicknamed the Fox of Glencoe, died in November 2020 ...

In honour of Hamish MacInnes, who passed away in 2020 at the age of 90, we would like to share this illuminative interview with him from Summit 93, written by Jonny Dry who was working for the ...

He scaled dangerous peaks all over the world. He also modernized rescue techniques that helped save countless lives. By Katharine Q. Seelye Hamish MacInnes, a lanky Scotsman of considerable derring-do ...

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A historic interview with Hamish MacInnes, legendary mountaineer, founder of Mountain Rescue Teams and inventor of pioneering mountaineering equipment. In honour of Hamish MacInnes, who passed away in ...

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