Hamish MacInnes (born 7 July 1930) is a Scottish mountaineer, explorer, mountain search and rescuer, author and mountain safety advisor to a number of major films. He has been described as the father of modern mountain rescue in Scotland. He made an attempt to climb Everest in 1953, and is credited with inventing the first all-metal ice-axe, and a lightweight stretcher, widely used in mountain and helicopter rescue.