Peter Draper was born in Northfleet, Kent in the UK and grew up in the area. Following a very brief stint in the military he had a variety of jobs that eventually took him to America and Canada.
In 1995 he took up skydiving and very quickly became an instructor and certificated parachute rigger, a skill that he took to a major parachute equipment manufacturing company. He eventually racked up over 7,000 jumps, many as a tandem instructor taking people on their first ever skydives,
This in turn led to working with the Qatar Armed Forces where for over 10 years he worked for the Qatar Joint Special Forces until his retirement in 2020. During his time in Qatar he trained with many elite groups from around the world including the Italian Folgare and the French Foreign Legion amongst others.
He now lives in The Philippines with his wife Veronica.