Officials are looking for a hiker who went missing last weekend in California’s Yosemite National Park.
According to a Wednesday Facebook post from the park, Hayden Klemenok was hiking with a group of friends at Upper Chilnualna Falls when he entered Chilnualna Creek near the trail junction Sunday afternoon. You can see the post below:
Klemenok has not been seen since, the park said. On the day he went missing, he was wearing a tan-colored brimmed hat, white sunglasses, a red T-shirt, blue swimming trunks, and white Adidas sneakers, according to park officials.
Visitors were urged to contact Yosemite Park dispatch if they saw Klemenok or were hiking around the area where he was last seen on Sunday.
“Simply knowing where you went and when you were there may help us focus the search, whether you saw anyone or not,” the park’s post said. You can see the post below:
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A family member set up a GoFundMe page for Klemenok’s family in order “to help ease the pain of the costs of all the expenses and struggles they are currently facing.” According to the crowdfunding website, the family is taking time off to assist in the search for Klemenok.
Klemenok, a recent graduate of San Diego State University, was praised as “a truly extraordinary young man” by the fundraiser.
A separate alert issued by Yosemite officials warned that water-related accidents are the second-leading cause of park de@ths, and that “rivers are surprisingly swift, cold and dangerous.”
“Each year, 15 to 20 visitor rescues are directly associated with unprepared victims finding themselves in the water,” the park said.
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