#004 Steve Leflar | What makes a good mountain search-and-rescue team? | The Ultimate Aviators Podcast
Update: 2025-08-01
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Soon-to-be-retired 1SG Steve Leflar talks about building the hoist rescue program in the Colorado Army National Guard. He talks standardization, safety, systems, collaboration, and teamwork in what has become a phenomenal program shaping the US Army's future in hoist rescues.
Resources:
- Documentary featuring Steve: Crestone Needle | Fourteener Hoist Rescue | Making Dangerous Things Look Easy | Blackhawks in Action
- Steve's business: Illuminated Industries
- Colorado Hoist Rescue Team (CHRT)
- International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR)
- The Keep Colorado Wild Pass funds search and rescue
- Jungle penetrator
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