Claim: Hamish MacInnes, a Scottish mountaineer, explorer, mountain search and rescuer, and author, pioneered the exploration of the Everest cliffs for winter work with the Glencoe School of Winter Climbing and led the area's mountain rescue team from 1961, and is recognised as having developed modern mountain rescue in Scotland, setting up the Search and Rescue Dog Association with his wife in 1965 and the Scottish Avalanche Information Service in 1998.
Verdict: REFUTE