ACTIVE SEARCH JAPAN - Patricia "Pattie" Wu-Murad, 60, US Citizen, on hiking trip Kumano Kodo Trail, didn't arr next stop Osaka, 10 Apr 2023

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I cannot read the courant.com article directly due to geographical restrictions, but fortunately someone posted it on archive.is:

https://archive.is/QyKmO

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IMO the trail that 'wasn't really well marked' is not the Kohechi trail, but the trail that Pattie was not supposed to be on.