Call-out

<p><em><strong>Call-out</strong></em> is the definitive collection of tales about early mountain rescue in the <strong>Highlands of Scotland</strong> from <strong>Hamish MacInnes</strong> – <strong>Everest</strong> pioneer and arguably the most famous Scottish mountaineer of the twentieth century.</p><p>In the late 1960s MacInnes led the <strong>Glencoe Mountain Rescue team</strong> and together they developed innovative techniques and equipment in order to save lives – often risking their own in the process – whether night or day and always at a moment’s notice. He was a central figure in the rescue during the 1963 New Year tragedy in the <strong>Cuillins</strong> on the Isle of Skye and led groundbreaking rescues on <strong>Buichaille Etive Mor</strong> <strong>Ben Nevis</strong> <strong>Bidean nam Bian</strong> and many other legendary Scottish mountains.</p><p>At the heart of the stories in <em><strong>Call-out</strong></em> are the unique characters in the team and wider Glencoe community who demonstrate faultless camaraderie and – by virtue of MacInnes’s engaging storytelling – inject an almost comical slant into these sometimes-grim accounts of misadventure in the mountains.</p><p>The dark allure of the frozen Scottish peaks provides a foreboding backdrop against which we learn of Hamish MacInnes’s concern for human life under even the most extreme conditions. <em><strong>Call-out</strong></em> offers an inspiring portrayal of responsible and dedicated mountaineering practice which is as pertinent today as ever.</p>