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I have a foot of snow in US. I live roughly at sea level. It will be here 'til late April-May. Misery.
1800m per the Super Bagneres website.... So about 900m lower than the pic de Sauvegarde. I think they've had a bad ski season so far, from what I've seen...There's no snow???? Wow! Global warming.... How high is this?
That’s a nice straightforward explanation and the sort of thing I’m thinking but I remember a report which stated GPS tracking stopped for Esther after the Pic de Sauvegarde timing. That doesn’t really tie up with Esther going back down. I think something must’ve occurred shortly after the pic.I’m starting to get the impression she wasn’t keen to hike at all during that month, it was just to get away from stresses at the remote farm house and be with others,.. bet she went straight back down after the pretend route explanation from the top of the pic and off down to see a new friend/friends at the van or more realistically , she was getting picked up ? Hence some overnight stuff, but not for a hike she told Dan she was doing but for one thing else with others.
We have no indication of whether she crossed the border or not,” Gaillard said.
That’s a nice straightforward explanation and the sort of thing I’m thinking but I remember a report which stated GPS tracking stopped for Esther after the Pic de Sauvegarde timing. That doesn’t really tie up with Esther going back down. I think something must’ve occurred shortly after the pic.
Though I’m trying to think harder about the GPS tracking bit. Do we know if she carried a device for GPS or does that mean her phone? The article which I will try and find specifically said GPS tracking ... if there was no further tracking after around 4 then I’m trying to work out what that actually means. E. G was a device turned off/ was her phone signal turned off .. either way the article implied no further tracking of Esther. If she did go back down the mountain then she or someone else deliberately turned off all means of tracking her.
ETA I searched google and found report on page 2 of first thread by Pommymommy, which stated:
Gaillard said the gendarmes had not been able to ascertain where Dingley had gone missing. Her last contact with Colegate was via a WhatsApp call on Sunday 22 November, when she indicated she was on the Pic de Sauvegarde.
“After that she put her phone on airplane mode to save the battery and there is no data use or GPS trace since then. Theoretically her itinerary meant she should have done the loop and crossed into France before returning, but we cannot say for sure. We have no indication of whether she crossed the border or not,” Gaillard said.
As someone mentioned I suppose she could’ve arranged a meeting with someone who failed to turn up leaving Esther floundering on the mountain wondering what to do . But in that case she would have kept her phone turned on to make contact.
I remember reading that last year in the newspaper articles online, and now I know more details about the case through here, it makes me all the less hopeful. When 2 countries/states/counties leads the search, I always think there's less focus. And that's without a language barrier.
Are LE/the family able to get information from the network and phone provider as to hoe much battery her phone had before it was switched to 'airplane mode'.
Why she was saving battery like this? She was on her way down the mountain and the phone should have been fully charged before going up.
Didn't I read she had a battery pack phone charger with her?
Snipped for focusThough I’m trying to think harder about the GPS tracking bit. Do we know if she carried a device for GPS or does that mean her phone?
It's DC who said she turned airplane mode on to save batteries, but she may have tuned airplane mode on to stop any more messages or phone calls coming in from him rather than for battery saving purposes - but still wanted the phone on to take photos/use the maps she downloaded.I remember reading that last year in the newspaper articles online, and now I know more details about the case through here, it makes me all the less hopeful. When 2 countries/states/counties leads the search, I always think there's less focus. And that's without a language barrier.
Are LE/the family able to get information from the network and phone provider as to hoe much battery her phone had before it was switched to 'airplane mode'.
Why she was saving battery like this? She was on her way down the mountain and the phone should have been fully charged before going up.
Didn't I read she had a battery pack phone charger with her?
It’s my opinion that she was depressed when she left. It’s my opinion that she was questioning the relationship. But like many couples running a business together, she did her part for the business until she had made her personal decision on how to go forward. Maybe she made it during the 24 hours on the 21st when Dan was sending all those messages, but couldn’t reach her.
Esther had been vague in her communications with DC .. he had been messaging her a lot. She had said ‘ I think I can see you’ not once but twice. Why would anyone say that?? I take that at face value. She thought she could see him. I really think she thought she could see him.
Why the video call from the pic on 22 nd? The day before she posted a photo on Instagram from the pic. The next day she video calls DC from the pic. This is the person who she is supposedly on a break from. There’s something that doesn’t add up .. there’s something we don’t know.
Esther had been vague in her communications with DC .. he had been messaging her a lot. She had said ‘ I think I can see you’ not once but twice. Why would anyone say that?? I take that at face value. She thought she could see him. I really think she thought she could see him.
Why the video call from the pic on 22 nd? The day before she posted a photo on Instagram from the pic. The next day she video calls DC from the pic. This is the person who she is supposedly on a break from. There’s something that doesn’t add up .. there’s something we don’t know.