This website illuminates my life and adventures. My longing for freedom has led me to over 2450 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, Ribnica Na Pohorju Prov, Sunset Landscape
N Ireland, Moyle Prov, Rocky Hilltop
UK, Isle Of Anglesey Prov, Bridge
Mexico, Yucatan Prov, Temple Of The Inscriptions - Palenque
UK, Rhondda Cynon Taff Prov, Go Slow Caterpillar
Turkey, Cappadocia, Gnome Houses, 1984 - This photograph shows why the phrase "fairy tale houses" is used to describe Cappadocia (Goreme). On the night of June 6, 1984, I climbed into one and slept. I wrote, "I crawled through twenty feet of tunnel and then came into a cave with an opening as big as a car overlooking Goreme. Then I drank scotch and played the guitar."
Ireland, Leitrim Province, We Are All Ghosts In Time, 2008, IMG_5528CU1 - Photography is the relationship between time and light. If one views reality from the perspective of an open shutter, capturing everything at once with respect to a finite amount of time, but longer than our eye normally sees, then we are like ghosts, coming and going, and leaving ethereal traces of ourselves wherever we go.
Cambodia, Preah Vihear Prov, Hut
Slovenia, Velenje Prov, Lawnmower
Vietnam, Lao Cai Prov, Terraces