Peter John Watson

Articles

Peter's work spans a range of media including national and regional newspapers, travel and outdoor magazines, guidebooks, B2B publications and travel websites. Below is a selection of his recent work. Click on the images to read the articles.

Articles

I’m going to spend three months counting penguins in Antarctica

No pictures, please! The charming army of penguins not for Instagram

The Independent

Why Pakistan should be your pick for a post-lockdown adventure

The Telegraph

Experience: I escaped an Arctic wildfire

The Guardian

The Djibouti lake posing as paradise

BBC Travel

Trekking to K2 base camp in Pakistan: everything you need to know

Lonely Planet

How to search high – and local – for new outdoor adventures

The i Paper

Hiking the Velebit Trail: Croatia has been hiding one of Europe’s great treks

The Independent

I escaped a wildfire in the Arctic Circle

Fodor's Travel

Q&A: natural highlights of Costa Rica

National Geographic

The bizarre legend behind Myanmar’s strangest sight

Fodor's Travel

Add a sense of adventure to lockdown exercise with a microchallenge

The Independent

Escaping wildfire on Greenland’s Arctic Circle Trail

Cicerone Guides

My search for silence on Greenland's Arctic Circle Trail

Lonely Planet

12 of the world’s greatest wildlife destinations

Wanderlust Magazine

10 unknown breathtaking hikes around the world

Business Insider

11 of the coolest passport stamps of the world

Matador

Nature is flourishing under lockdown

Atlas & Boots

Mount Elbrus: how to climb Europe's highest peak

Lonely Planet

In defence of climbing Everest

Climbing Aconcagua: the world's highest trekking peak

Cicerone Guides

Wired for Adventure

Peter writes regularly for Wired for Adventure magazine (previously Adventure Travel magazine), one of the UK's largest outdoor and adventure periodicals. His writing and photography frequently appear in the magazine and on the website.

Magazine

The tall one: climbing Denali, North America's highest peak

The quiet hike: switching off in the Swiss Alps

Iron nerve: via ferrata in the Swiss Alps

Easy rider: cycling the Swiss Alps by e-bike

Aletsch Arena: a walk along the largest glacier in the Alps

Aconcagua: trek to the roof of the Americas

Secret Croatia: explore the Velebit Mountains

Park life: experience the Yorkshire Dales

Website

5 ways to switch off in Switzerland’s Nendaz

6 high-altitude adventures in Saas-Fee

7 summer activities to enjoy in the Region Dents du Midi

6 ways to explore Switzerland’s Aletsch Glacier

…and all things ice

Yorkshire Dales: Park Life

Experience Aconcagua

Press

Climb every mountain: adventurer on his lockdown challenge

Living Magazine

Richmond writer hikes every Yorkshire Dales mountain

Yorkshire Post

Climb every mountain: aiming high for a peak performance

This Is Y Magazine

Outdoorsman hikes to the top of all 41 peaks in the Yorkshire Dales

Darlington & Stockton Times

The man who climbed 41 mountains

Yorkshire Life Magazine

There and back again: walking across England twice

Living Magazine

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