A seeker told him telegraph: “The path is not easy to follow, if you take a wrong turn, you would get lost. It could be anywhere; it's a race against time.”
This was said by the mayor of Symi, Eleftherios Papakalodouka The sun the area was mountainous, rocky and treacherous, offering no shade from the 40 degree Celsius temperatures.
The TV presenter and healthy living advocate, who has endorsed fasting and offered advice on sleep and diet, was last seen at 1.30pm on Wednesday.
He disappeared after taking a walk in scorching temperatures along a rocky coastal path from Agios Nikolaos beach to the village of Pedi. Mosley did not have his cell phone with him, which hampered efforts to locate him.
British TV presenter Michael Mosley was still missing on the mountainous Greek island of Symi on Saturday.Credit: AP
Police, firefighters, coastguards and volunteers have been searching on and off the island in the eastern Aegean assisted by a helicopter, drones and rescue dogs.
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“The search continues,” spokeswoman Constantina Dimoglidou told Reuters. “We are investigating on foot another rocky part, the wider area of Agia Marina.”
Divers were also involved in the operation and ships sailing nearby were on alert.
Symi Mayor Lefteris Papakalodoukas said images and video footage from security cameras had helped outline what authorities believed to be Mosley's possible route, which he described as “unconventional”.
They indicated that it could have continued further through Pedi to another difficult area around Agia Marina, the mayor said.
“He chose very difficult paths to walk in these temperatures and under any circumstances,” Papakalodoulkas said. “Cameras show he did not take the expected route home.”
Symi, part of the Dodecanese island chain, is about 16 km long and has 2,500 inhabitants. Its remote beaches were packed with bathers on Friday.
Mosley has appeared in programs including the BBC series Trust Me, I'm a Doctor, the BBC's The One Show and ITV's This Morning.
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