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
Turkey, Sakarya Prov, Parasol
Nepal, Tengboche Monastery, 1983 - This photograph was taken above Tengboche monastery in the fall of 1983 during the Mani Rimdu festival. One night, I could not fall asleep in my bed within the monastery. I looked out the paned windows at the moon. Inspired, I put on my thin down jacket and climbed to this point above the monastery. The vast Solo Khumbu valley glowed in the moonlight, with its cirque of fantastic mountains: Everest, Ama Dablam, Lhotse, Kantega. Just then, in the middle of the night, the monks blew their long horns, sending a bellowing echo into the infinite night. It was a moment to remember, a moment when the consciousness was opened and the world galvanized into a single, pure and beautiful godhead.
Kiribati, Phoenix Islands, Canton Atoll, 2001 - After spending the day on the desolate and abandoned Canton Atoll, we set sale south towards Orona Atoll just before September 11, 2001. As dusk settled in, birds swarmed the cliffs outside of the shark-infested bay where we'd moored.
Myanmar, Unknown Prov, Ayeyarwaddy River
N Ireland, Ards Prov, Houses On Water
Philippines, Catanduanes Prov, Man With Sisal
Slovenia, Komen Prov, Vine Posts
Slovenia, Metlika Prov, House
Latvia, Ogres Prov, Ogre Art -
Slovenia, Polzela Prov, Insect In Flower