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
Slovenia, Dobrna Prov, Mother At Door To Stable Under The House
UK, Peterborough Prov, Old Buildings
Latvia, Tukuma Prov, Checkerboard Highway -
Papua New Guinea, Kelly With Raft On Frieda River, 1983 - This photograph was taken in the first days of our river journey. We had everything we needed for survival aboard our raft. Note the logs in the river. Such logs presented the constant potential for danger.
Turkey, Sivas Prov, Landscape
Slovenia, Rogaska Slatina Prov, Shuttered Window
Cameroon, Village Celebration, 1989 - On my way through Cameroon, I came upon this village gathering. The men played home made instruments. They made antics as they made music.
Tibet, Everest, North Face From Rongbuk Base Camp, Fall, 1998 -
This photograph was taken from Rongbuk base camp in the Fall of 1998. It shows the mountain after the monsoons. See other photo on this site in the spring, when the same view is much more rocky. In the center foreground is Changtze. The North Ridge route begins from Rongbuk, winds left around Changtze, then up the North Col. In this scene, the route is hidden from view until it emerges in the left middle of the photograph at about 8000 meters.
Azerbaijan, Qazax Prov, Tree In Wind
Norway, Buskerud Province, Norway At 1a.m. In July, 2008, IMG_6169 - The night sky was marvelous and mysterious, seething in a wondrous shimmering, like tentacles of a powerful god of light.