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
UK, Blackburn With Darwen Prov, Horse With Blue Eyes
Slovenia, Medvode Prov, Boats
Thailand, Pathum Thani Prov, Building
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.
Slovenia, Ziri Prov, Basket
Peru, Nazca, Runway For Spaceship, 1979 - One of the big thrills of my early travel life was flying over the Lines Of Nazca. My imagination fueled by the book Chariot of the Gods, wherein it was said that these lines were made by the Nazca Indians to prepare for spaceman to land on Earth, I could really see the plausibility of the author's theories. There were no mountains nearby from which the lines could be viewed, and they could only be viewed from the sky. Puzzling. Interesting. (Photo 110 format from Travel Archives)
Slovenia, Cerklje Na Gorenjskem Prov, Doors
Vietnam, Thai Binh Prov, Triple Doublemint_Prov,_Three_Smokers,_2009,_IMG_3742-700x479.jpg)
UK, Kingston upon Thames (London) Prov, Three Smokers
Thailand, Lopburi Prov, Cranes