Rescuers abandoned the search for Esther Dingley, the British hiker missing in the Pyrenees, yesterday due to blizzards in the mountains.
It is feared Esther, 37, last heard from on November 22, may have fallen. If she landed in a crevasse, she would be covered by snow with little prospect of being found until the spring.
French police chief Laurent Gerin, covering Bagnères-de-Luchon, said: “Snow has fallen since she has disappeared. It is very bad for the search. “We hope she went off her planned route, and that she comes back to her car with a big smile on her face.” Esther, from Durham, was reported missing by boyfriend Dan Colegate, 38, on November 25.
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