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
Greenland, Greenland Prov, Liverpool Land, Swirling Brush, 2006 - Ruth Bernhard suggested I get closer to the level of my models, in this case a tiny, swirling brush. While Chikka the dog sniffed my pack for more trail mix, I lay down on the ground to see the brush as does an insect, at eye level, revealing a true wonder.
UK, North East Lincolnshire Prov, House And Stacks
Azerbaijan, Naftalan Prov, Standing Man
UK, Calderdale Prov, Village Called Shelf
Slovenia, Zetale Prov, Welcome To Zetale Obcina
Nepal, Katmandu, Dog In Bag, 1984 - During a return visit to Katmandu after a journey on foot from Jaipur to Agra, I became interested in the woman who's dog is in her bag. I never actually consummated my relationship with the woman, having been invited by Gabrielle on a trek in Tarke Gyang and subsequently falling in love with her.
Chephren at Night, 1984
Egypt, Giza Province (Governorate) - 35mm film Around the World 1982-1984 - Egypt
The Sound and Light Show illuminates the Pyramid of Chephren as seen from the top of the Pyramid of Cheops.
Thailand, Phuket Prov, Boats
UK, Bury Prov, House
Papua New Guinea, East New Britain, General of the Revolutionary Army of West Papua, Seth Rumkorem, 1983 - In Rabaul on the island of East New Britain in the country of Papua New Guinea, I met Seth Rumkorem and his men. They were the nucleus of the Revolutionary Army of West Papua. They had traveled across the ocean 800 miles in a motorized outrigger dugout canoe from Irian Jaya, Indonesia (i.e., West Papua) to seek political asylum. They asked me if I was a reporter. I fibbed and said I was. They gave me a copy of what was essentially their Declaration of Indepence, along with convincing evidence that their right of self-determination had been tampered with by the Indoneisan goverment.