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
Peru, Gary Cappa In Back Of Wool Truck En Route To Arequipa, 1979 - In 1979, my buddy Gary Cappa and I set off for a six month adventure through Central and South America overland. Here Cappa sits in the back of a truck full of bales of wool, where we rode for over a day down the coast of Peru towards Arequipa. This photo was taken on little 110 film.
Philippines, Sulu Prov, Woman
Uganda, Jeff Shea in Ruwenzoris, 1984 - In this photograph, i am walking out of the Ruwenzoris after six days of hiking and a failed attempt to reach Point Margherita, the highest peak in the mountain range. On September 28, 1984 at Ejuku Hut (3962 m) I wrote, "Stoned out of my head here in the most incredible landscape imaginable. Forests of giant groundsels cling (above 12,000 ft.) to soaring peaks. Mist moves in and out of the valleys, thunder occasionally dominates the audible spectrum. Rushing water, waterfalls and creeks crash through valleys."
Vietnam, Bac Can Prov, Making Basket
Taiwan, Penghu Prov, Ship Wreck - A tiny detail on an obscure wall in a far off and relatively forgotten place. Could you find where this photo was taken?
Thailand, Yala Prov, Umbrella Rider
Chile, Antofagasta Prov, Lenticular Landscape
Slovenia, Ajdovscina Prov, Canal
Estonia, Houses, 2000 - Old-style houses in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia
Congo Zaire, Muddy Road, 1984 - My girlfriend Gabrielle and I took a truck from far eastern Zaire near Uganda to Kisangani on the Congo River. The roads were atrocious nearly the whole way, a reddish brown mud, as shown here. The truck drivers kept talking about "Kilometer 57." Finally one night we pulled in to "Kilometer 57", essentially a village by that name fifty-seven kilometers from Kisangani (Stanleyville). What was all the excitement about? Kilometer 57 was a brothel town! The drivers invited me to a girl right in front of Gabrielle. Politely, I declined.