Jeff Shea

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, Tekirdag Prov, Two Different Towers
Myanmar, Kachin Prov, Girl With Long Hair
China, Xizang (Tibet) Prov, Everest North Ridge In Spring
Taiwan, Penghu Prov, Stone House Painting Laurel Hardy - The cultures of the world amalgamate. Some anthropologists celebrate in this. Sentimentalists, such as I, feel sad over the intrusion of my own culture into that of others.
Laos, Louangphabang Prov, Girl And Vista, IMG_3281BW.jpg
USA, Looking Down From Golden Gate Bridge North Tower, 1980 - This photograph was taken looking down the cables from the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge towards the Presidio and the Avenues in San Francisco. The cable we climbed up was like the one in the foreground.
Hewa Hat, 1983 I made a crude sketch of the Hewa Hat in my journal.
UK, Newport Prov, Building
Latvia, Jurmala City Prov, Burger Joint Lights -
Norway, Spitsbergen, Mother And Chick Eider Ducks, 2007 - In the month of July on the island of Spitsbergen, the sun never sets. It rolls around the sky in a circular 360 degree fashion. Since there is no night, our habits change. I was on the way to my tent when I stopped to take photos of animals at 4 a.m. I was so impressed, I went back and fetched my 500 mm lens. I sat and delighted taking photographs of the ducks and the terns. I never knew ducks could be so flexible with their wings. But the Eider Ducks taught me differently, as is evidenced in this photograph. (Ref: Birds.)