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
Thailand, Phatthalung Prov, Monolithic Landscape
Thailand, Phichit Prov, Landscape
Slovenia, Solcava Prov, Dwellling Before Mountain
Azerbaijan, Gobustan Prov, Winding Road
Vietnam, Khanh Hoa Prov, Temple
Tibet, Everest, North Face From Rongbuk Base Camp, Fall, 1998 -
This photograph was taken from Rongbuk base camp in the Fall of 1998. It shows the mountain after the monsoons. See other photo on this site in the spring, when the same view is much more rocky. In the center foreground is Changtze. The North Ridge route begins from Rongbuk, winds left around Changtze, then up the North Col. In this scene, the route is hidden from view until it emerges in the left middle of the photograph at about 8000 meters.
Slovenia, Kozje Prov, Ant On Flower
Vietnam, Lao Cai Prov, Falling Terraces
Slovenia, Nazarje Prov, Planting Poles
Comoros, Facial, 2000 - It is common in the Comoros for women to give themselves a facial by covering it with this yellow paste. I have not yet been informed what it is.