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Saturday, 10.30am, 21st Nov 2020: ED told Mr. Ballarin of her travel plans, in which she stated she was going to French town of Bagneres de Luchon and mentioned the city of Toulouse. However, after speaking to her B/F later that day, looks like something was discussed and she then altered her original agenda. (The reasons for this change of plan are not clear – maybe she had arranged to meet somebody on the following day, Sunday 22nd Nov 2020 ?)..
“Esther's conversation with Mr Ballarin raises the possibility that she might have radically changed her plans at the last minute, perhaps explaining why there has been no sign of her despite extensive searches before winter blizzards set in last week.” and...“Since this conversation took place, it has become clear that Esther returned the following afternoon to the Pico Salvaguardia after a short hike in the area. This contradicts what she appeared to tell Mr Ballarin.
Their conversation took place several hours before Esther spoke to her partner, who guided investigators to her last known position and to the route she told him she was on. Rescue teams have also scoured alternative routes.”
Esther Dingley: Police believe missing hiker went missing voluntarily
NB. The pics atop Sauvegarde are reportedly taken on Sat 21st & Sun 22nd. Both are very similar in composure and by the shadows cast, seem to be taken only a couple of hours apart. Could they have been taken on the same day, ie Sat 21st ? In the first pic, ED has a black top covering her neck and the backpack is off. In the second pic, ED has moved slightly further back and closer to Luchon - and has her backpack on, perhaps ready to go back down ? However, in both poses, ED seems to be deliberately positioned to the side, leaving the valley where Luchon is in the centre of the picture. If ED was high-lighting Luchon, that would seem to corroborate Mr. Ballarin's account – and suggest that, at the time of the photographs, she was definitely intending to go to Luchon as her next port of call.
(Is it possible the B/F's input may have unwittingly led SAR to focus their search more on a particular area, but away from – and in the opposite direction - to Luchon, where she may have headed ?).
“Esther's conversation with Mr Ballarin raises the possibility that she might have radically changed her plans at the last minute, perhaps explaining why there has been no sign of her despite extensive searches before winter blizzards set in last week.” and...“Since this conversation took place, it has become clear that Esther returned the following afternoon to the Pico Salvaguardia after a short hike in the area. This contradicts what she appeared to tell Mr Ballarin.
Their conversation took place several hours before Esther spoke to her partner, who guided investigators to her last known position and to the route she told him she was on. Rescue teams have also scoured alternative routes.”
Esther Dingley: Police believe missing hiker went missing voluntarily
NB. The pics atop Sauvegarde are reportedly taken on Sat 21st & Sun 22nd. Both are very similar in composure and by the shadows cast, seem to be taken only a couple of hours apart. Could they have been taken on the same day, ie Sat 21st ? In the first pic, ED has a black top covering her neck and the backpack is off. In the second pic, ED has moved slightly further back and closer to Luchon - and has her backpack on, perhaps ready to go back down ? However, in both poses, ED seems to be deliberately positioned to the side, leaving the valley where Luchon is in the centre of the picture. If ED was high-lighting Luchon, that would seem to corroborate Mr. Ballarin's account – and suggest that, at the time of the photographs, she was definitely intending to go to Luchon as her next port of call.
(Is it possible the B/F's input may have unwittingly led SAR to focus their search more on a particular area, but away from – and in the opposite direction - to Luchon, where she may have headed ?).
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