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
Estonia, Harjumaa Prov, Tallinn, Two Figures -
Greenland, Warming Island, off coast of Liverpool Land, Discoverer Dennis Schmitt And World's Newest Strait, 2006 - Here Dennis Schmitt, the discoverer of the new island, a result of Global Warming, poses above the strait and the broken glacier.
Myanmar, Shan Prov, Farm Field
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.
Azerbaijan, Calilabab Prov, Farm Scene
Latvia, Bauskas Prov, Meduskuka, A Cake -
Slovenia, Metlika Prov, Night Tractor
Romania, Young Man In Doorway, 1997 - I walked across much of Transylvania. It was somewhat like walking into the past. The people lived simply. The land was rolling and beautiful. I traveled with a light pack, about 15 pounds, which included a Rolleiflex that I'd bought in Munich. The people all over the countryside were cooperative with my efforts to photograph them.
Slovenia, Skofja Loka Prov, Number 37 Spodnji Trg
Slovenia, Idrija Prov, Treescape