Hayden Klemenok, 24, was swept away in the Chilnualna Creek at Upper Chilnaulna Falls in California's Yosemite National Park on Sunday, his family said.
A search is underway infor a backpacker who disappeared over the weekend while hiking with a group, officials said.
with college friends, his father Kevin Klemenok told KNSD-TV. Witnesses told the station that Klemenok got down on his hands and knees next to the turbulent river to take a drink or cool off when the rushing waters swept him away.
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