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, Bitlis Prov, TugrulbeyCami-i
UK, Scotland, Irvine, Robert Louis Stevenson's House, 2003 - The brick house second from the right was a place where Robert Louis Stevenson, the poet, lived for some time. This is in an allley in the town of Irvine, in Scotland.
UK, Northhamptonshire Prov, Field And Trees
Turkey, Samsun Prov, Butcher Shop
Antarctica, Patriot Hills Base Camp in Foreground of Mountains, 2001 - This photograph is best viewed enlarged. The area in the foreground that could be mistaken for rocks is actually the entire Patriot Hills base camp for Adventure Network's arrivals in Antarctica. In the far distance is a mountain range. The photograph is taken from the top of Patriot Hills. In the far right foreground is an aircraft, the one used to make special jaunts to places like Mt. Vinson base camp. (This is not the Hercules aircraft used to transport people from Chile to Antarctica.) Just above the camp is a faint line, indicating the ski tracks of the airplane as it landed.
Map of walk showing route from Socaire to Tilcara Chile
Azerbaijan, Agcabadi Prov, Hearty Breakfast
Cambodia, Phnom Penh Prov, Cobra Wine
Taiwan, Kaohsiung City Prov, Temple Alter
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.