It sounds like he physically used his credit card in stores. Plus, the data use on a mobile would be quite hard to fake. It's one thing turning it off and leaving it. It's quite another having it browsing websites, streaming video and all the other things that would require physical interaction with the device.If you go back through the thread you'll find a discussion of how he could get around that.
We don't have the info the cops have so we can only look at feasibility.It sounds like he physically used his credit card in stores. Plus, the data use on a mobile would be quite hard to fake. It's one thing turning it off and leaving it. It's quite another having it browsing websites, streaming video and all the other things that would require physical interaction with the device.
I've not seen anything to verify she went up Pic du Sauvegarde twice - where did you see that?- she had summited it twice in 2 days so it wasn't a "wow look I got here" achievement
Experienced is an extremely broad term, I agree. I would say I am an "experienced hiker." However I would never in a million years climb a mountain range alone in November in a foreign country. Had she climbed that particular range before? Did she have the appropriate equipment required for such a journey?If I were LB Trust, what would concern me the most in today’s coverage is references to Esther as an ‘experienced’ hiker. Especially in headlines, it speaks volumes. So if it were me, I would spend the next few days, starting this morning, discrediting this. Yes she did a lot of hiking but what about decisions x, y, z. Why didn’t she do this, have that equipment etc. And if news articles were not accepting comments or heavily moderating I would look for other platforms to try to course correct the messaging
It's all public on Facebook. On their page.I've not seen anything to verify she went up Pic du Sauvegarde twice - where did you see that?
The hostel 'refuge du venasque' is just a mountain bothy - as such, it's never closed, but it's also unmanned.It really sounds to me like she has tried to take a short cut. Was the hostel ever confirmed as open that night and was the location of her body on a route (not necessarily a known path) back home or to the hostel or is it completely off any plausible route and in the complete wilderness?
Did this route information not come from the hiker she met on the 19th who suggested it?One thing that has always bothered me, from the beginning, is the route Esther was meant to have taken. Because we only ever got that info from Dan.
Thanks for all the info you’ve given re the routes and her kit etc. You’ve made me realise she was making some risky decisions late afternoon in November on an unfamiliar mountainous landscape. I thought there was definitely foul play at foot but now I’m not so sure. I hope her family gets the answers they need to help them come to terms with this tragic event.The hostel 'refuge du venasque' is just a mountain bothy - as such, it's never closed, but it's also unmanned.
The 'short-cut'* to the Glera pass can be taken from the peak of Sauvegarde or there is a trail from the refuge to the peak of Montagenette - map here.
Temptingly, to the south west of this peak, is the la Glera pass. It would be visible from the peak, but a descent here would be very dangerous. The alternative is a very large detour to rejoin the original planned route or retracing route and abandoning the Glera.
(* short-cut in quotes, as it's not a defined path)
Thanks, I've had a look at the Facebook Page - it's limited what I can see as I'm not on FB, so couldn't see those reports, but there was a good photo of his search GPS tracks.It's all public on Facebook. On their page.
Maybe they were due to meet, or maybe he had said something like "one day I will surprise you" and so she was always half expecting to see him.She said "I think I can see you" twice.
New thought occurred to me now.
What if... considering she made every excuse under the sun to keep extending her time away from him for weeks...
What if she feared him and that phrase publicly posted was to warn him off coming to her? Because it would be too incriminatory if violence occurred to her that week?
I know this is a horrible thought and it creeps me out right now but I've become more aware of victims' instinctive defence tactics even when they aren't consciously aware what they're doing. Because they're stuck inside denial.
Someone wide awake would say f.o and tell her family & get help. But it never works like that.
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