Tributes paid to pioneering Gatehouse of Fleet mountaineer Hamish MacInnes
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.One of Gatehouse of Fleet’s most famous sons, the legendary climber Hamish MacInnes, has died.Dr MacInnes passed away at his Glencoe home on Sunday, aged 90.Widely regarded as Scotland’s greatest ever mountaineer, Hamish scaled the Matterhorn in the Alps at the age of 16.Gatehouse man Leo McClymont grew up with Hamish and the pair were best pals in childhood.And even then Hamish showed the fearlessness and ingenuity for which he became legendary.“I knew Hamish very well,” Leo, 91, told the News.