Gary Gabelhouse . . .

. . . was a kid growing up in a bad neighborhood, landlocked both physically and economically in the middle of the country. This kid loved to read about Heinrich Schilman’s discovery of Troy as much as he liked to fight rival gang members. His love of adventure and science (along with two loving parents) separated him from his friends who found their adventures in detention schools, and later, prison. With stubborn surety he would become an adventurer, the kid grew up and . . .

. . . spent months at a time hiking and climbing in the jungles, forests and icy summits of East Africa and backpacking and living amongst the Maasai of Kenya’s Mara Reserve;

The Author & Maasai Warriors  Outside of Narok

. . . as an international mountaineer, climbed extensively throughout Africa, Europe, South America, North America and Asia;

. . . worked with the late Lewis Leakey at his digs in East Africa;

. . . climbed throughout the Bernese Oberland and in the Chamonix area of France with climbing legends, the late Dougal Haston and the late Alex McIntyre (included an Eiger North Face ascent).

Fun on the North Face of Mt. Kenya

. . . shared campfires outside of Narok, Kenya with George Adamson of Born Free fame;

. . . was befriended by Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mt. Everest;

Sir Edmund Hillary: Befriended & nominated to The Explorers' Club

. . . was later nominated to the prestigious Explorers Club by Sir Edmund Hillary and the late Dr. Barry Bishop (Governor of the National Geographic Society and member of the first successful American Everest expedition);

. . . Enrolled in the Cotner School of Religion and studied Eastern Religion and Christian sanctification;

. . . Was Associate Pastor of Epworth United Methodist Church.  Continued seminary study and research in sanctification and sacramental ceremony as well as Bible Apocrypha ;

. . . was befriended by famous, science-fiction author, the late Isaac Asimov, who gave him many a tip on writing;

With the late Isaac Asimov: Writing tips at the Explorers Club

. . . developed curriculum material and published school texts in environmental science for elementary students--those books being utilized in schools to this day;

. . . has published numerous articles about his mountaineering expeditions in climbing magazines as well as literary journals;

. . . as an entrepreneur, published numerous articles and information for the entertainment and media-technology industry;

. . . after a respite in a Shingon Buddhist monastery in Koyasan, Japan, embraced the martial arts and went on to earn dan ranking in both Goju Ryu Karate and Daitoryu Aiki-Jujutsu. Still maintains ties with and takes regular pilgrimages to the Shingon Buddhist monasteries of Japan;

. . . was detained in Uganda during the reign of Idi Amin. Lacking Israeli commandos to rescue him, he escaped and smuggled himself in a fish truck across the border and on to Kenya;

. . . investigated alleged alien ground images and paranormal phenomena in a remote, mountainous area Northwest of the Incan ruins of Ingaperca in Ecuador;

. . . has been a technical consultant (climbing and mountaineering) with Columbia Tristar Motion Pictures.

. . . is now the Chairman and CEO of a market research and consulting firm in the media and media-technology industries. In his spare time he enjoys cultivating bonsai, oil painting, collecting Japanese Swords and religious antiques as well as spending time adventuring with his daughter, Malindi, who was named after a town North of Mombassa on the coast of the Indian Ocean.

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