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
Slovenia, Zelezniki Prov, Village
Slovenia, Ivancna Gorica Prov, Planting Poles
Bangladesh, Narsingdi Prov, Women Traditional Dress
Thailand, Chiang Mai Prov, Light Painting
Tibet, Everest, Altitiudes Of North Ridge Route, 1995 -
This chart shows the sequence that I used to climb Mount Everest over a period of six weeks of acclimitization. High altitude's low oxygen content shocks the body into producing more red blood cells. But the body cannot recuperate at high altitude. This means you have to descend and rest, then go higher again, then descend again.
Norway, Buskerud Province, Norway At 1a.m. In July, 2008, IMG_6169 - The night sky was marvelous and mysterious, seething in a wondrous shimmering, like tentacles of a powerful god of light.
UK, Bolton Prov, Butcher
Chile, Antofagasta Prov, Route Day 2 Of Altiplano Walk
UK, Scotland, Irvine, Robert Louis Stevenson's House, 2003 - The brick house second from the right was a place where Robert Louis Stevenson, the poet, lived for some time. This is in an allley in the town of Irvine, in Scotland.
Lithuania, Klaipedos Prov, Finger -