Is it possible she approached from the Spanish side that same afternoon/evening? I don't know what route that would have involved but I'm just thinking about the lack of communication with anyone after the 22nd when DC said the cell service around Venasque was good. I thought she might at least have uploaded some photos of the lakes the next morning if she hiked the route DC thought she was going to take, or made some sort of log of her evening and thoughts the next day, or been seen by other hikers.
Hi
@Tortoise. If those are ED's remains (vs. from another soul's body), AND she got near port de la glere on her own volition (vs. a third party disposing evidence), AND she died near where the remains were found (vs. some other location further away wit vulture scavenging), then I believe ED got there by one of three routes:
1. The
loop route described by DC in the dossier and to MSM and LE - meaning, port de vanesque... hospice de france... port de la glere. To do that starting at 22/11 16:10pm, IMO, would take at least one overnight, likely at refuge de vanesque as her last text implied. So in that scenario, she most likely died on 23/11.
2. What I'd call a
short cut to port de la Glere, discussed in a previous thread. There is a trail that goes from the refuge de vanesque, around boum de vanesque opposite pic de sauveguarde. You can see that trail in this map I created to show possible fall points into Boum de V. It is possible, if ED took this route, she could have done it at dusk on 22/11 rather than stay at refuge de vanesque. There is a cabane in the area of port de la glere or she could have bivouacked the night of 22/11. But she also could have stayed at refuge de vanesque and the next day took this shortcut. So in this scenario she'd have died either 22 or 23/11.
3. A
direct route from Spain, meaning, perhaps ED retreated back down to cabane de la besurtas on 22/11, where she stayed the previous night, per DC's dossier, and could have opted to stay another night. Then on 23/11, she could have backtracked towards hospital de banesque and the trail head she started at on 21/11 (all familiar to her), and from there she could have treked to port de la glere and 'dipped into France' where she died. In that scenario, she would have died on 23/11.
The only other thing I'd throw out there is recall ED tried to climb to port de la glere on 19/11 and had to turn around due to weather. IIRC she would have attempted this direct route from Spain, so perhaps she wanted to complete what she had started a few days before. In any regard, she clearly wanted to get to port de la glere. Something there was calling her. And if she did die there, I still wonder if she committed suicide in a quiet, isolated place on the ridge, gazing at Matadeta Glacier.
Of course like others, I am merely postulating... With more information about what was discovered and where, we can start to eliminate many of our theories.
Well, that's horrifying. Not surprising, really, but still... Imagining your friend/family member falling all that way and, less than an hour later, there's only bones and clothes left. 
