Peter Drake

Peter was born in England but spent part of his school years in Southern Africa returning to Yorkshire to study Industrial Management at University. He has led, or been a member, of 46 expeditions visiting 55 countries in five continents. He has driven overland from the UK. to Nepal to climb in the Himalayas, has twice crossed the Sahara to the River Niger and has followed the Nile route south to East Africa.

Although he has climbed and walked in the Arctic, Australia USA. and Himalayas, the last 41 years have been spent mainly on expeditions in Africa and the Middle East.

Peter has been a member of the British Mountaineering Council Training Committee, Chairman of the Expedition Advisory Centre at the Royal Geographical Society and Chairman of the Expedition and Training Committee of The Young Explorers Trust. He is Vice Chairman of the Yorkshire Schools Exploring Society and The Young Explorers Trust and a member of the Council of The Brathay Exploration Group.

In 1986 he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society since the 1960s and in 2001 he was awarded by The Royal Geographical Society, the Ness Award for services for Field Work on Expeditions in Africa.

Peter has written six books on expedition planning and the outdoors. He runs his own slide library and supplies these to a number of commercial organisations. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers Guild and a member of the Institute of Personnel and Development. He also lectures part time at The University of Leeds in the Department of Sports Science.