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Will Symons

“Swimming here is like swimming in an ice bath,” Yosemite National Park issues water-safety advice before peak summer season

The Merced river.

Search and rescue officials at Yosemite National Park are urging visitors to take care around its freezing, fast-moving water as the peak summer season approaches.

The park's search and rescue team responds to roughly 15 to 20 water-related incidents every year in its ice-cold rivers and lakes, which present a life-threatening risk to open-water swimmers, and hikers.

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