This website illuminates my life and adventures. My longing for freedom has led me to over 2600 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
Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima Prov, Worshipper
Papua New Guinea, Pik, 1983 - The pig is a very valued part of New Guinea life. It is used as a food source primarily, but it is also used as a form of compensation to settle disputes, to pay the bride price and even as a pet. The Highlanders build special low houses for the pigs, known as pig houses, or haus bilong pik.
Azerbaijan, Qax Prov, Tree
Slovenia, Hoce Slivnica Prov, CD Wind Chime
Morocco, Morocco Across The Strait of Gibraltar, Looking to Africa, 1988 - After traveling through Portugal and Spain to Gibraltar, I took the ferry to Ceuta and Morocco. The mountains of Morocco are visible across the Strait of Gibraltar.
Vietnam, Nghe An Prov, Temple Sculpture Cat -
Bangladesh, Kishorenganj Prov, Wood Transport - Trishaws are used for transporting every imaginable material.
Tibet, Everest, North Face From Rongbuk Base Camp, Fall, 1998 -
This photograph was taken from Rongbuk base camp in the Fall of 1998. It shows the mountain after the monsoons. See other photo on this site in the spring, when the same view is much more rocky. In the center foreground is Changtze. The North Ridge route begins from Rongbuk, winds left around Changtze, then up the North Col. In this scene, the route is hidden from view until it emerges in the left middle of the photograph at about 8000 meters.
UK, Cotswolds, 2002 - The Cotswolds are an area of Britain characterized by cobblestone houses. It is picturesque.
Slovenia, Velika Polana Prov, Upside Down Duck