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
PNG, Egg And Tilot Non, 1983 - I was stuck in the remote village of Wava in the Highlands of New Guinea with no one to take me to the next village, Duranmin, five days away on foot. Tilot Non spoke some English and offered to help. He, Hapom and Teleng brought me across little-traveled rain forest successfully to Duranmin. Here, Tilot holds a bird egg that they found and we ate. They found several such eggs, buried in large mounds of earth.
Slovenia, Cerklje Na Gorenjskem Prov, Doors
Cambodia, Kampong Chhnang Prov, Temple
Bouvet, Zodiac 4 Running For Cover, 2006 - With no alternative at that precise second, the guide, Jan Belger, runs for cover.
UK, Saint Helena, Tristan Da Cunha, View From Ocean, 2002 - Tristan Da Cunha is the most remote inhabited island in the world, lying between Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope in the south Atlantic. It is quite stunning to see. It rises straight out of the ocean to a height of over 6500 feet.
Bangladesh, Tangail Prov, Frying
Turkey, Agri Prov, Landscape
Tanzania, Cheetahs, 1984 - The day after I took this photograph, I heard from another traveler that these two cheetahs were still sitting next to their kill, reportedly unable to move. This photograph shows how full their belliies were.
Ireland, Galway Prov, Red Door Window
China, Xizang (Tibet) Prov, View Of Everest North Face From Rongbuk In Spring