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and up to a “remote” section of the Pemi wilderness, rescuers said. It was a 6.5-mile hike through harsh conditions to where rescuers believed the hiker would be, somewhere off the Twinway Trail.

A group of four — two conservation officers and two search-and-rescue volunteers — set out from Gale River Road, near the small town of Bethlehem, and up to a “remote” section of the Pemi wilderness, ...