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
Vietnam, BinhThuan Province, BoatBasket
Vietnam, Lam Dong Prov, Coffee Bean Sorter
China, Inner Mongolia, Pasta, 1992 - I traveled to Inner Mongolia, north of the capital of Hohhot. There, I met a family and was invited to eat. The wife prepared a special pasta by hand. They said that although there is the one-child rule in China, they were allowed to have more than one, since it was necessary to have help on the farm. I have never definitively verified whether this was true or not.
Papua New Guinea, Flying Foxes At Market, 1983 - Flying foxes, or fruit bats, are sold in the market as food for consumption.
Aerial View of Camp Environs, 2006 Greenland, Warming Island
Tanzania, Ngorongoro Crater, Zebra And Wildebeest, 1987 - Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania is a thrill to see, for inside it there are most of the big game species in Africa. I long to see the world's natural animal populations restored by preserving vast spaces on the surface of the earth as World Parks.
Sikkim, Gangtok Monastery, 1984 - To travel legally to Sikkim in 1984 required a permit from Darjeeling, and to travel to Darjeeling required a permit from Delhi. I obtained both. India had recently taken over Sikkim, formerly an independent country. Propaganda slogans were written on the walls of the road leading to Sikkim, such as one that stated, "Sikkim is the Jewel in the Crown of India."
Estonia, Laanemaa Prov, Sea Sky -
Slovenia, Novo Mesto Prov, Riverside Houses
Antarctica, Sled Tipped Over With Ice Slope Ahead, 1997 - This is a typical scene for traveling with a plastic sled on snow and ice. Sometimes it is hard to control, and it tips over. Not much fun when you are trying to get somewhere in Antarctica! This photograph is taken on the way to climb Mount Vinson, Antarctica's tallest peak.