Jeff Shea

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, Uttaradit Prov, Landscape
Turkey, Tunceli Prov, Night Lights
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.
Slovenia, Bled Province, Man At Festival, 2006, IMG_6381 - A man wearing festive clothing at an event in Bled.
USA, Wake Island, Tree
Dalai Lama Speaking in front of Seven Summits Banner, 1996 USA, California Province (State) - This flag was designed for me by John Dugger of Banner Arts. (Photo by others. Name un- known.) For my project, Seven Summits for a Free Tibet, banner maker John Dugger designed a flag. (Glen Gilbert suggested I do the project.) The symbol in the middle is the Sanskrit letter A, which symbolizes Ahimsa, representing the Dalai Lama’s dream of Tibet as a World Zone of Peace. The flag also depicts seven mountains, symbolizing the Seven Summits - the highest mountain on each continent. In the likeness of the flag, John made a banner that was used a backdrop for the Dalai Lama’s speech at the August 1, 1996 American Himalayan Foundation dinner in Beverly Hills. My dream of World Parks, vast natural reserves on each continent, embraces Tibet as a candidate area. See www.worldparksinc.com.
UK, Hillingdon (London) Prov, Farleys Place
Slovenia, Medvode Prov, Boats
Wild Horses, 2014 Mongolia, Tov Province (Aimag) There are only about 300 wild horses remaining in the world, and they are all just outside of Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia. To get this shot, I had to stalk the horses for hours. Finally, they became used to me. It seemed that they thought I was one of them.
IN, Maluku Province, Seram, Insect, 2007, IMG_1071 - This surreal and utterly fantastic insect attracted my eye, sitting on the slender branch of a bush. The photograph is hand held using a Canon xTi digital camera.