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Sheldon Mehlhaff

Vice President of Rocky Mountain House Search and Rescue (Rocky SAR) and Safety Officer at Rocky REA in Clearwater County, Alberta.

Oct 6, 2026

2:35
What are some of the other calls that you get called out for on a regular basis?
2:39
Well, we do a lot of backcountry rescues for motorized vehicles or the off-highway vehicles, so side-by-sides, quads, dirt bikes, um, overdue hikers, people just not planning their trips accordingly, leaving too late or not being prepared if a storm does come in.
2:58
Um, the weather can change, like Jeremy said.
2:59
The weather can change in general out there very quick.
3:02
So if people aren't prepared for the hikes or they are un- unprepared in general with physical condition, any of that kind of stuff, and then they take on hikes that they figure should be three, four hours, and it takes them six or eight hours.

5 MINS LATER

8:32
And what's expected of somebody once they've joined? Like, I, I imagine especially at the beginning, there's tons of training.
8:38
Yeah, there's quite a bit of training.
8:40
Um, Jess over there is actually our training director.

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