A German adventure guide is feeling a bit sheepish after he had to be rescued from B.C.'s backcountry last week -- and not for the first time.

A group of seven people had trekked north of Harrison Lake to scout locations for a documentary about people who have searched for gold in the nearby mountains.

The team became stranded in an area of steep cliffs when heavy fog rolled in.

"It was not possible to look around and to find the right direction to step down. It was too foggy," team leader Anton -- or Tony -- Lennartz told CTV News.

"I thought it is too dangerous for them."

Lennartz says he has travelled to Canada 26 times to lead tours in the bush and backcountry, and he calls himself a survival trainer on his website. But he's triggered two search and rescue efforts in B.C. -- the first was in 2008.

Humbled by the province's rough terrain, he's now grateful to B.C.'s search and rescue teams.

"They help and help and help. They want to help people," Lennartz said.

Last week, his group was saved by North Shore Rescue. In 2008, it was a crew from Squamish.

"They are so good. They work so perfect -- 110 per cent," he said. "I have hair raised for me. The quality from that people and the sense after that -- they do 110-per-cent job. Thanks for that."

B.C. Solicitor General Mike de Jong said that the need for a second rescue is disturbing.

"It's important that anyone enjoying B.C.'s backcountry do so in a responsible and safe manner, taking the necessary precautions to keep themselves safe," he said in a statement.

For their part, Lennartz and his crew say they plan to make a donation to the search-and-rescue crews that helped them.

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Sarah Galashan