The rocky paths of Mount Mtatsminda were already well-known to Australian teacher Shanae Edwards when she set off for her last ever hike on Friday afternoon.
Less than an hour later, the strong, kind, adventurous and loyal woman who had quickly made friends since arriving in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi was screaming for help down a phone line, according to a document created by friends and co-workers.
The 31-year-old's suspected murder, confirmed when police found her body the following day after a massive community-powered search effort, has shaken an expat community used to safety in a 1.1 million-person city Georgia Tourism describes as "gleefully chaotic".
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"I think it's not just just the expat community, the Georgian community as well," friend, teaching colleague and hiking buddy Ross Thompson told 9News.com.au.
"I think it's still the number one news item in Georgia at the moment, there have been expressions of sympathy from all over.
"The police are taking this incredibly seriously. I think the Georgians almost feel a sense of national guilt and shame about this.
"And yeah, amongst the expat community, she had a lot of friends."
Friends she made in Georgia, Cambodia, Colombia, Australia or anywhere else have flooded Facebook groups and news feeds with tributes to their tragically departed friend.
"Incredible", "awesome", "kind-hearted", "full of laughter", "one of the very very best", "one of the toughest women I have ever met in my life" and "just so much fun!!!" were just some of the exaltations.
"I wish Shanae Brooke could see what we all have shared and written about her," one friend wrote, using Ms Edwards' Facebook name.
"I know she would have reflected all this love back unconditionally.
"My heart is heavy with sadness to know she has left us."
The former Melburnian's kindness was typified by the scramble among her friends to re-home five cats that she had been looking after, just because, according to Mr Thompson, a pregnant cat wandered into her home and eventually gave birth.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CR4KLGWLv0l/She was described as a passionate cook and a lover of motorcycles, adventure, nature — her Instagram is a sea of green only broken by blue sky, clear water and white snow — and life in general.
"She was a person who knew how to live, who knew how to fill up life," said Mr Thompson, a 33-year-old Northern Irishman who met Ms Edwards about 11 months ago.
"And I don't mean in terms of drinking or partying or anything but to actually do things, to engage with people and to see parts of the world."
He remembered challenging hikes — without a word of complaint whether it be 35 degrees in a dusty canyon or minus 20 in a valley — homemade spicy dark chocolate and lots of laughter.
Lina Khamatova, who met Ms Edwards about two years ago doing a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) in Tbilisi, was in shock that such a thing could happen in such a safe city, to such a special person.
"I lost a friend," she said.
"For me, truly, I lost someone that I really loved but maybe I couldn't say it enough because I couldn't imagine that I can lose this person so early."
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In Georgia, her still-grieving friends, teaching colleagues at International House Tbilisi and even people who didn't even know Ms Edwards are struggling to come to grips with how this could happen somewhere so well-trafficked and close to the city.
"I couldn't help think how many times I--and many women--have walked up these trails alone during the day, always a bit paranoid, always feeling silly about it afterward," one Facebook user said, adding that the mountain view through her window that used to make her feel lucky was instead making her feel sick.
Police believe Ms Edwards may have been murdered and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched an investigation.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri told local media that two women had been in contact to say they were followed by an unknown man in the area but had not been assaulted.
"The ministry and police officers are doing their best to find the murderer… We [the Ministry of Internal Affairs] have some information, though I can not talk about it due to the interests of the investigation," he said.
According to a document used to coordinate the massive community-driven search for the Australian, she called a friend in California at 4.32pm on Friday while being attacked. "Please let me go, ok… just let me go," she reportedly screamed.
Mr Thompson said that call set off a series of other calls that eventually resulted in him going to Ms Edwards' apartment and deciding to call the police after speaking with the manager of the school they worked at together.
The volunteer search — "probably one of the biggest the country's ever seen", according to Mr Thompson — began the next morning and Ms Edwards' remains were found later that day.
"In a way that call was a small miracle," he said.
"I think, it didn't save her, but it might make it much easier to catch whoever did this and stop them from hurting anyone ever again."A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson told 9News.com.au the department was helping Ms Edwards' family.
"The Australian Government offers its deepest condolences to the family of an Australian woman whose death is being investigated by authorities in Tbilisi, Georgia," the DFAT spokesperson said.
"An officer from the Australian Embassy in Turkey (accredited to Georgia) has travelled to Tbilisi to liaise with Georgian authorities.
"DFAT is providing consular assistance to the woman's family."
