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
USA, Alaska, Flying To Denali, 1993 - The way people usually get to Mount Denali is to take a plane from Talkeetna to an ice landing strip on a glacier on the lower reaches of the mountain. The flight is quite spectacular, as shown here.
UK, Warrington Prov, Countryside
Greenland, Peary Land, Landscape Aerial, 2007 - This photo was taken through the window of a Twin Otter. The landscape, as Dennis Schmitt had described it to me was "like Mars," or otherworldly. You can see the blue melt lake. It amazed me that this was a photo and not a painting. This photo appeared in Esquire in October 2007. (IMG_1514)
Azerbaijan, Shamaxi Rayon, Landscape
France, Bas-Rhin Province, Ambulance, 2008, IMG_5895 - Light and time pass, but they leave their trace in an unexplored and mysterious ethereal universe that until now, only cameras can see.
PNG, Vista Crest After Wabia, 1983 - Walking in the dense rain forests of New Guinea's Highlands, there are usually few if no views at all. Here, we reached the crest of the trail and could catch a glimpse of the surrounding countryside.
England, Windsor Prov, filename
Cambodia, Krong Pailin Prov, Ancient Torture
Estonia, Valgamaa Prov, Sign -
Latvia, Dobeles Prov, Building -