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
Seram, Frog And Spider, 2006 - Upriver from Kaifin, in the area of Seti in northern Seram, we waited for the Suku Terasing, or lost tribe. It was frustrating. We needed water and I wanted to go with the guides from Seti Mulemet. We walked up a bed of a small dry streamlet. There we found small pools of water. There was a frog that was so small it was unbelievable. We put her on a rock. Along came a spider. The spider looks as if it had three eyes! The spider dwarfed the frog in this rather rare scene.
USA, New York Prov, Woman With Dog
Azerbaijan, Ismayilli Prov, Horse Rearing Head
USA, Arizona Prov, Canyon De Chelly Snowfall
Greenland, Warming Island, off coast of Liverpool Land, Moonlit Path Across Glacier, 2006 - The moon shown brilliantly on the night after the storm. Here you can see the path across the glacier, veering to the right at the fork. The left fork went to our waterhole. A quick blow of the ice ax and running water could be found, having been discovered by John Rudolph and his son John Collins Rudolph.
Turkey, Bayburt Prov, Three Women
Vietnam, An Giang Prov, Pot Fire
Latvia, Riga City Prov, Old Woman Dancing -
Vietnam, Ha Tay Prov, Milling Yard
Turkey, Artvin Prov, Wood Village