This website illuminates my life and adventures. My longing for freedom has led me to over 2450 of the world’s 3978 provinces, to every country on earth and to the summit of the highest peak on each continent (thank heaven for good weather!). In my travels, I learned to respect the intelligence and ingenuity of people of all races and callings both past and present. Come see the world as I see it: as a peaceful place, full of nature and beauty. With the right spirit and intent, we can make our world a virtual Garden of Eden.
DISTINCTIONS: BBC 2017 Travel Pioneer • Journal Articles • Explorer’s Club Flag Expeditions
World Parks Project • Walk Across South America • Jeff Shea Travel Map
Tibet, Everest, North Ridge, North Col From 8000 meters,1995 -
On my third trip up to the North Col, I went by myself to 8000 meters, using my altimeter watch. When I returned to ABC, Jon Tinker, the team leader, deemed I was ready to go for the summit. This photograph looks down on the valley we came up. The North Col is the base of the snow saddle in the lower center left of the photograph. A col is the saddle between two mountains; in this case Everest, on which I stood and Changtze, the mountain to the left, whose summit is not visible in this photograph.
Laos, Houaphan Prov, Two Yao Women
Cambodia, Kampong Spueu Prov, Night Shrine
Slovenia, Podvelka Prov, SHED
Turkey, Yozgat Prov, Cherries
Nepal, Spectators at Mani Rimdu, 1983 - Here, local village spectators delight in the antics of the monks during Mani Rimdu at Tengboche monastery.
Slovenia, Moravce Prov, Landscape
PNG, Oksapmin Man With Penis Gourd And Boy, 1983 - Even as far back as 1983, very few men still wore penis gourds. Most of them wore clothing. Oksapmin was a high mountain place at about 10,000 feet of elevation. In 1983, there was no road there. We walked two days from Lake Kopiago, including traversing the Strickland Gorge, to arrive at Oksapmin.
Vietnam, TienGiang Prov, BoatHouseScene
Turkey, Tekirdag Prov, Dusk Road