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Heather Dawe

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Writer, artist, climber, data scientist. Generally absorbed by mountains - literature, painting… - with occasional wanderings into AI.

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Nov 29

‘… this beautifully produced and illustrated book…’

‘Dawe has brought a fresh voice to mountaineering literature…’

A great review of my short story collection ‘Dreams of Lost Buttresses’ in @alpineclub.bsky.social journal. Order a copy here:

www.littlepeak.co.uk/catalogue/dr...

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Jun 29

These are a selection of the books I reference and quote from in ‘Think Again’. There are many more, not least Nan Shepherd’s ‘The Living Mountain’ and some of her poetry, along with journal articles and research papers too.

Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Jun 29

Books. 📚 Both reading and writing. As I’m getting close to a final draft of my new book, I’m finding myself reflecting as I complete the concluding chapters.

#amreading #amwriting #AI #intuition #art #mountains

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Jun 22

At the Pools of Dee.

#cairngorms

Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · May 31

A quick visit to the Lakes with Alanna and an evening climb of Helm Crag.

It’s 17 years to the day since I did the Bob Graham Round. Memories of a long, hot, beautiful day up and around the fells.

So awesome to be be back remembering and making new memories 🙂

#lakedistrict

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · May 26

‘Raven Crag’ a short story from my Banff shortlisted collection ‘Dreams of Lost Buttresses’ has just been published over on @ukclimbing.com

A story of a woman who begins climbing after befriending a raven high up a mountain in the Lake District.

www.ukclimbing.com/articles/lit...

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · May 30

A beautiful extract from AC member @heatherdawe.bsky.social's newest book 'Dreams of Lost Buttresses'. Well worth a read.

FEATURE: Raven Crag, by Heather Dawe

Shortly after passing the Hole-in-the-Wall, Ella sat down on a flat boulder nestled in ground that rose steeply upwards beyond it, forming the crested volcaniclastic sandstone ridge of Striding Edge.....

www.ukclimbing.com

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · May 26

You can order a copy direct from publisher Little Peak Press with a 20% discount, free postage using the code UKC20 at checkout. We’ll also include a free signed print of Heather’s Dream Mountain or Raven while stocks last.

www.littlepeak.co.uk/catalogue/dr...

Dreams of Lost Buttresses and other stories | Little Peak - books that take you to other places

Please note this is for UK orders of this book. For international orders please go here. ** Shortlisted in the 2024 Banff Mountain Book Competition. ** ‘...the cliffs and crags of Eryri held her sto...

www.littlepeak.co.uk

Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · May 26

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · May 25

Pastel sketch of Sasso Lungo in the Dolomites.

#dolomites #pastels

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · May 12

I’ve not painted for a looong time. Very early days for this one but I’m loving it already, even the beginning frustrations caused by nerves and impatience. I need to wait for it to dry a bit…

#ampainting #workinprogress

Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · May 3

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · May 3

A fleeting visit today but a what a day to go. Didn’t expect I’d get to the mountain and I’m still smiling :)

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · May 1

Unfortunately not - I fly back tomorrow. Some things are as they are - I’m on a work trip, managing to fit in a bit of exploring Seattle in between other stuff. So happy I’ve seen the mountain though - the photos may be rubbish but they will inspire paintings - I can see them already :)

Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · May 1

Gazing at mountains. I do a lot of that these days. And what a mountain Rainier (or Tahoma, meaning mother of waters) is to look at. And with a bit of pink too, what beauty at 5:30 in the morning :)

I am going to have so much fun painting this mountain 🤩

Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · May 1

The mountain is out.

I didn’t know it before I came to Seattle but for a lot of the time you don’t see the mountains from the city. One of my friends told me a volcano appears from time to time on the horizon, always dependent on the cloud and haze.

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Apr 27

Slow time in the forest.

#bluebells

Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Apr 22

Definitely late forties now… cake as baked by my lovely daughter and there’s not much left 😋

#cake

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Apr 19

Spotted in the Keswick Bookshop.

#mountainliterature

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Apr 19

More birch sketching. Lawrencefield from a couple of weeks ago.

#pastels #birch

Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Apr 18

Helm Crag.

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Apr 18

Fine morning for a wander around Silver Howe and Easedale.

#lakedistrict #grasmere

Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Apr 14

Last night’s walk on the Chevin.

Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Apr 14

A henna tattoo of a lizard on my forearm by my niece. It’s giving me ideas… I always said I’d only get one tattoo (and I got that when I was 19).

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#henna #lizard

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Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social · Apr 5

Thank you Jon. I’ve been enjoying it - not done much art for a while.