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
Perro de Agua, 2014
Venezuela, Bolivar Province (State)
South of Camp 23, only kilometers from our most southerly penetration into the Meseta, Janeiro, Telly and I encoun- tered a family of giant otters. They were as curious as we were. They had never seen humans before. Likewise, we had never seen the likes of them.
Bangladesh, Mymensingh Prov, Full Cart
Taiwan, Taipei City (TW-TPE) Prov, Building Tower - I ask myself, is the flowering of buildings all over the world really the work of man or is it being driven by some other power that we are not even aware of. Mankind might ask itself, can it stop "progress" even if it wanted to?
UK, Gloucestershire Prov, House With Coat Of Arms
Slovenia, Jesenice Prov, Windows
Nepal, Namche Bazar, 1983 - In my journal I referred to it as "Namche Bizarre." I went back and forth to Namche several times. Namche is the main town in the Solo Khumbu region of Nepal, the area where Sherpas come from. (It was a Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, who, with Sir Edmund Hillary, first climbed Everest.) I flew to Lukla and then walked a day to get to Namche, situated at 11,283 feet. As I walked over the lip of the bowl where Namche resides, I saw Everest for the first time. I whiled away days here writing about philosophy. I found a guide in Namche to take me to climb Island Peak, the first time I went over 20,000 feet.
Thailand, Loei Prov, Upper Mekong River
Greenland, Warming Island, off coast of Liverpool Land, Warming Island, 2006 - This aerial photograph has an inset map that explains the geography. The arrow matches with the glacier on Warming Island. The protruding glacier in the foreground is part of Liverpool Land on the island of Greenland. The peak labeled N 71 degrees 28.294 minutes by W 021 degrees 51.620 minutes was climbed by our group on Sept 10, 2006. We used two GPSs to record the coordinates and the height at 1620 feet. The map shows it at 490 meters, or 1607 feet. The tabular iceberg in the right foreground is probably broken away from the glacier in the foreground. The iceberg calved on a daily basis.
Day 9: Self-portrait on Arrival in Haunted Estación Valencia at Night, 2012 Chile, Antofagasta Province (Región)
Slovenia, Crna Na Koroskem Prov, Landscape