Spain's mountain rescuers have admitted that hope is fading fast for missing Brit Esther Dingley who has not been heard from for over nine days - but say they are still clinging onto hope she is still alive.
The 37-year-old adventurer, from Durham, last used her mobile just before 4pm on November 22 to contact her boyfriend from a 7,800ft peak in the Pyrenees known as Pico Salvaguardia.
Worried partner Dan Colegate phoned the Civil Guard last Wednesday evening when Esther failed to make contact as scheduled from the Spanish village of Benasque, where she had parked their camper van.
Civil Guard officers revealed today that they had launched the search for the missing travel blogger early last Thursday in conjunction with French police
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