This website illuminates my life and adventures, focusing on five areas, Adventure, Love, Art & Music, Economy and Philosophy. To these five areas, I have purposefully dedicated my life. This notion emanated from my belief that the human experience is driven by five innate momentums: physical, sexual, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. So, I desired to study, experience and understand these subjects, with the objective to understand not only the world around me, but to understand myself as well. Thus, these five areas of study match my innate momentums: adventure-physical, love-sexual , art & music-emotional, economy-intellectual, and philosophy-spiritual. This quest has led me to over 2450 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 with me to see the world as I see it, if you will be so kind. Join me in re-examining our world and our selves, to contemplate how we can move to 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
Namibia, Himba Girl, 2000 - The Himba were among the most amazing people I ever encountered in my travels. They touched me deeply in the same way as did the Melanesians. They are said to be one of the last truly nomadic people left in Africa. The women came out of the forest. They were gentle. I was told that they try to emulate their buffalo. They wore buffalo skin skirts and rubbed a reddish ochre into their skins.
Philippines, Masbate Prov, Boat
Lithuania, Alytaus Prov, Dappled White Horse -
Slovenia, Hodos Prov, Laundry
Slovenia, Podvelka Prov, SHED
PH, Davao Oriental Province, Beach, 2008, IMG_1412 - Kind of a pretty scene, but not much good for swimming, on the southwest coast of Davao Del North.
Slovenia, Luce Prov, Bridge To Mountain
Nepal, James's Frostbite, 1995 - James Allen was the youngest member of our Everest team in 1995. He became the youngest Australian at that time to summit the mountain. On the famed Second Step (near where Mallory met his end), James took off his outer glove for one minute. Even though he still had on his inner gloves, he got frostbite. They say the after-effects of frostbite are very painful. James lost only a small portion of his two frostbitten fingers.
Cambodia, Kampong Chaam Prov, Cow Drawn Logging Carts
Bismarck Archipelago, Panguna Copper Mine, Bougainville, 1983 - In 1983, Panguna were peaceful. After I left, indigenous rebels seized the mine. A conflict went on for years. The immense size of this mine can be appreciated if (you take a magnifying glass and) note the size of the trucks on the left hand side. These are the same size as the truck in the other photo (Jeff Shea With Panguna Copper Mine Truck) on this site. Bougainville is purported to have the people with the blackest skin on earth.