{"product_id":"9781910240908","title":"Call-out: A climber's tales of mountain rescue in Scotland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCall-out\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive collection of tales about early mountain rescue in the \u003cb\u003eHighlands of Scotland\u003c\/b\u003e from \u003cb\u003eHamish MacInnes\u003c\/b\u003e – \u003cb\u003eEverest\u003c\/b\u003e pioneer and arguably the most famous Scottish mountaineer of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1960s, MacInnes led the \u003cb\u003eGlencoe Mountain Rescue team\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003cb\u003eCuillins\u003c\/b\u003e on the Isle of Skye, and led groundbreaking rescues on \u003cb\u003eBuichaille Etive Mor\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBen Nevis\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBidean nam Bian\u003c\/b\u003e and many other legendary Scottish mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the stories in \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCall-out\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCall-out\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e offers an inspiring portrayal of responsible and dedicated mountaineering practice, which is as pertinent today as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertebrate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137461108976,"sku":"9781910240908","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910240908_p0.jpg?v=1763626692","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910240908","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}