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
UK, Gloucestershire Prov, House With Coat Of Arms_Prov,_Mother_Child_And_Swans,_2009,_IMG_3749-700x613.jpg)
UK, Kingston upon Thames (London) Prov, Mother Child And Swans_Prov,_Raising_A_Glass,_2009,_IMG_3525-700x1050.jpg)
UK, Bexley (London) Prov, Raising A Glass
Turkey, Ankara Prov, Landscape
Vietnam, Lao Cai Prov, Terraced Landscape
Slovenia, Menges Prov, Painted Door
Slovenia, Zelezniki Prov, Woodpile
Nepal, Looking Through My Legs on Island Peak, 1983 - This photograph was taken on Island Peak, my first snow and ice climb. It is an easy climb, but this photograph, taken between my legs looking upside down, gives some sensation of what it is like to be climbing on a snow slope. I have noticed many mountaineering photographs are deceiving. Places that are tricky can look easy and vice versa. I was asked at an Everest presentation why it didn't look so difficult. Later I realized that in the more difficult sections, I was less likely to take out my camera.
Azerbaijan, Absheron Rayon, Long Horn Sheep
Myanmar, Shan Prov, Akha Woman