{"id":795417,"date":"2019-05-02T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/grateful-daughter-raising-money-for-summit-county-rescue-group-that-helped-save-her-father\/"},"modified":"2019-05-03T07:54:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T13:54:54","slug":"grateful-daughter-raising-money-for-summit-county-rescue-group-that-helped-save-her-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/grateful-daughter-raising-money-for-summit-county-rescue-group-that-helped-save-her-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful daughter raising money for Summit County Rescue Group that helped save her father"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-365324-935\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"h-100\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy of Dana Barnes | Dana Barnes jumps into the arms of her father, Michal Ovsjannikov, after completing an endurance race with him. The father-daughter duo is currently training for their first high-elevation mountaineering race, an opportunity for which Barnes is grateful following her fathering falling 60 feet down a mountain last summer in Summit County.\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dana Barnes jumps into the arms of her father, Michal Ovsjannikov, after completing an endurance race with him. The father-daughter duo is currently training for their first high-elevation mountaineering race, an opportunity for which Barnes is grateful following her fathering falling 60 feet down a mountain last summer in Summit County.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Dana Barnes jumps into the arms of her father, Michal Ovsjannikov, after completing an endurance race with him. The father-daughter duo is currently training for their first high-elevation mountaineering race, an opportunity for which Barnes is grateful following her fathering falling 60 feet down a mountain last summer in Summit County.<\/strong><br \/>\nCourtesy of Dana Barnes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"h-100\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy of Michal Ovsjannikov | Michal Ovsjannikov is shown here with is brother and lifelong partner in mountain adventures, Martin Ovsjannikov.\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Michal Ovsjannikov is shown here with is brother and lifelong partner in mountain adventures, Martin Ovsjannikov.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Michal Ovsjannikov is shown here with is brother and lifelong partner in mountain adventures, Martin Ovsjannikov.<\/strong><br \/>\nCourtesy of Michal Ovsjannikov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"h-100\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy of Michal Ovsjannikov | Michal Ovsjannikov is shown here summiting a mountain in the Alps in Europe. An accomplished mountain climber and trail runner with over 30 years of experience, Ovsjannikov fell during trek last summer on the Tenmile Traverse when a rock he grabbed hold of gave way.\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Michal Ovsjannikov is shown here summiting a mountain in the Alps in Europe. An accomplished mountain climber and trail runner with over 30 years of experience, Ovsjannikov fell during trek last summer on the Tenmile Traverse when a rock he grabbed hold of gave way.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Michal Ovsjannikov is shown here summiting a mountain in the Alps in Europe. An accomplished mountain climber and trail runner with over 30 years of experience, Ovsjannikov fell during trek last summer on the Tenmile Traverse when a rock he grabbed hold of gave way.<\/strong><br \/>\nCourtesy of Michal Ovsjannikov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"h-100\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy of Michal Ovsjannikov | Michal Ovsjannikov works his way down the Tenmile Traverse. The experienced ridge runner and endurance athlete fell about 60 feet down the mountainside after summiting Peak 2 along the Tenmile Traverse last summer.\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Michal Ovsjannikov works his way down the Tenmile Traverse. The experienced ridge runner and endurance athlete fell about 60 feet down the mountainside after summiting Peak 2 along the Tenmile Traverse last summer.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Michal Ovsjannikov works his way down the Tenmile Traverse. The experienced ridge runner and endurance athlete fell about 60 feet down the mountainside after summiting Peak 2 along the Tenmile Traverse last summer.<\/strong><br \/>\nCourtesy of Michal Ovsjannikov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"h-100\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy of Michal Ovsjannikov | Michal Ovsjannikov, shown here on the Tenmile Traverse, fell about 60 feet down the mountainside after summiting Peak 2 along the traverse last summer. He's now training for high-elevation races again, inlcuding one he plans to run later this year with his 26-year-old daughter.\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-4.jpg\" alt=\"Michal Ovsjannikov, shown here on the Tenmile Traverse, fell about 60 feet down the mountainside after summiting Peak 2 along the traverse last summer. He's now training for high-elevation races again, inlcuding one he plans to run later this year with his 26-year-old daughter.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Michal Ovsjannikov, shown here on the Tenmile Traverse, fell about 60 feet down the mountainside after summiting Peak 2 along the traverse last summer. He&#8217;s now training for high-elevation races again, inlcuding one he plans to run later this year with his 26-year-old daughter.<\/strong><br \/>\nCourtesy of Michal Ovsjannikov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"h-100\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy of Michal Ovsjannikov | Michal Ovsjannikov works his way down the Tenmile Traverse. The experienced ridge runner and endurance athlete fell about 60 feet down the mountainside after summiting Peak 2 along the Tenmile Traverse last summer.\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Rescue-SDN-050319-1-5.jpg\" alt=\"Michal Ovsjannikov works his way down the Tenmile Traverse. The experienced ridge runner and endurance athlete fell about 60 feet down the mountainside after summiting Peak 2 along the Tenmile Traverse last summer.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Michal Ovsjannikov works his way down the Tenmile Traverse. The experienced ridge runner and endurance athlete fell about 60 feet down the mountainside after summiting Peak 2 along the Tenmile Traverse last summer.<\/strong><br \/>\nCourtesy of Michal Ovsjannikov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a class=\"show-captions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/local\/grateful-daughter-raising-money-for-summit-county-rescue-group-that-helped-save-her-father\/#\">Show Captions<\/a><a class=\"hide-captions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/local\/grateful-daughter-raising-money-for-summit-county-rescue-group-that-helped-save-her-father\/#\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">They\u2019ve done triathlons and endurance races together before, but 26-year-old Dana Barnes is now training for her first mountaineering event with her dad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">And she\u2019s grateful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Barnes is grateful for the opportunity to run ridgelines with her father and for the men and women who helped save him when her dad took <a id=\"N0x1702270N0x16fca20:N0x1702270N0x162f2b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/trail-runner-who-tumbled-off-tenmile-range-ridge-and-survived-grateful-for-mountain-angels\/\">a violent spill<\/a> off a mountainside last summer in Summit County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Barnes\u2019 father, Michal Ovsjannikov, is an accomplished mountaineer who was badly hurt when he grabbed a loose rock last July after summiting Peak 2 on the Tenmile Range. The rock gave way and Ovsjannikov lost his footing. The mishap sent him tumbling 60 feet down the mountain as he was training for the <a id=\"N0x1702270N0x16fca80:N0x1702270N0x162f3d0\" href=\"https:\/\/transrockies-run.com\/\">TransRockies Run<\/a>, a six-day race covering over 120 miles from Buena Vista to Beaver Creek along the Continental Divide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At the time, Ovsjannikov was with his training partner and brother, Martin. Martin called for help, and a crew with the Summit County Rescue Group soon found the injured ridge runner in a precarious, hard-to-reach position, recalled mission coordinator Rich Miller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Due to where Ovsjannikov had fallen and the extent of his injuries, Miller called in a Flight For Life helicopter. But there wasn\u2019t a landing zone anywhere in the area for the chopper, and rescuers quickly opted to radio for a Black Hawk helicopter from the Air National Guard\u2019s High-Altitude Aviation Training Site in Eagle County, more commonly known as HAATS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Once on scene, the Black Hawk lowered a line to Ovsjannikov and hoisted the injured man up into the helicopter before rushing him to St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco, where he was treated and released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Had it not been for the rescuers, the helicopters or the hospital workers that day, Barnes hates to think of what might have happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI really wouldn\u2019t know what to do,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s like everything to me. He\u2019s supportive. He\u2019s always been there for my brother and me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ovsjannikov\u2019s recovery is still progressing, Barnes said. However, she and her father are training to compete in the their first mountaineering race together later this year in Austria, a neighboring country to the Czech Republic, where both Barnes and her father were born.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ovsjannikov was out of the country and could not be reached for this story, but Barnes added that her father is also planning his return to Colorado, as he aims to finish the race he didn\u2019t get to run last year because of the fall. Meanwhile, members of the rescue crew are happy to hear he\u2019s back at it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cObviously, it makes us feel real good,\u201d Miller said of the successful mission and Ovsjannikov\u2019s return to high-elevation sports. \u201cThe reason we\u2019re out there is to get people out of danger, and it\u2019s very good to hear that he\u2019s continuing with his career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As Barnes and her dad prepare to run for their first mountaineering race together, Barnes has also set up a <a id=\"N0x1702270N0x16fcae0:N0x1702270N0x162f970\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/dana039s-campaign-for-summit-county-rescue-group\">GoFundMe page<\/a> to raise money for the rescue group, a nonprofit organization that relies on its volunteers, some funding from the Summit County Sheriff\u2019s Office, grants and individual donations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Barnes\u2019 goal is to raise $5,000 for the rescue group, and she said the rescuers will be able to use the money on whatever they might need \u2014 be it gear, supplies, gas or anything else that helps them conduct a safe and successful mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As of Thursday afternoon, the page has generated had generated $370 for the rescue group with a number of the donations coming from Ovsjannikov\u2019s family members. Barnes said it\u2019s been tough getting the kind of traction she\u2019d like to see with her fundraising effort in Michigan, where she and her father live now, but many people aren\u2019t into mountaineering and high-elevation sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cMost people (in Michigan) don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to do those activities,\u201d Barnes said, adding that she hopes getting word out in Colorado might help her reach the goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The timing of Barnes\u2019 fundraising effort comes as the rescue group is now gearing up for its busiest time of the year, the summer, after working their way through a winter marred by historic avalanche activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Yes, it\u2019s the summertime when the group fields the most calls, as more people venture out into the backcountry, some of whom will inevitably go ill-equipped and underprepared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The group responds to a wide variety of calls, including everything from lost hikers to fallen ridge runners and other life-saving missions. Most basically, if someone is in danger, injured or sick in the backcountry, the group\u2019s focus becomes rescuing that individual, Miller said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Looking at the logs, he noted the rescue group took 114 calls from 911 dispatch over the last calendar year. He said not every one of them required sending rescuers into the field, but each call was met with a response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For Ovsjannikov\u2019s fall, the rescue group put 28 of its members into the field, and it took the team six hours, 25 minutes to complete the mission. For Miller, it\u2019s \u201cvery gratifying\u201d that the daughter of the man they helped save last summer now wants to raise some money for the all-volunteer team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe don\u2019t do it for the money, but it does cost money to do these missions,\u201d Miller said. \u201cAnd like I said earlier, the majority of our funding comes from donations and grants. It\u2019s a very good feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">People can find the GoFundMe page at <a id=\"N0x1702270N0x16fcb40:N0x1702270N0x162ffa0\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2DNZSP0\">bit.ly\/2DNZSP0<\/a>. For more about the Summit Rescue Group, go to <a id=\"N0x1702270N0x16fcba0:N0x1702270N0x1630030\" href=\"http:\/\/www.co.summit.co.us\/305\/Search-Rescue\">Co.Summit.Co.Us\/305\/Search-Rescue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/local\/grateful-daughter-raising-money-for-summit-county-rescue-group-that-helped-save-her-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana Barnes jumps into the arms of her father, Michal Ovsjannikov, after completing an endurance race with him. The father-daughter duo is currently training for their first high-elevation mountaineering race, an opportunity for which Barnes is grateful following her fathering falling 60 feet down a mountain last summer in Summit County. 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