Ellery Schempp of the Pittsburgh Explorer’s Group Nanga Parbat Expedition which was to be the first American group to reach the peak of Nanga Parbat in Pakistan. Schempp, who is retired, currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts. Stephen D. Solomon, a professor at New York University, has written a book about Schempp and the Supreme Court case entitled "Ellery’s Protest: How One Young Man Defied Tradition and Sparked the Battle over School Prayer". On November 26, 1956, Schempp staged a protest against the school requirement that each student read 10 Bible passages and the Lord's Prayer each day during homeroom. That day he
Sumeru Parbat Sumeru Parbat Sumeru Parbat is a mountain in the Gangotri Glacier region of Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India. This mountain is high. It is encircled by Kedarnath & Kedardome in the north, Kharchakund in the west & Mandani and Yanbuk in the south. It is one of the most difficult and less attempted peaks of the region. The peak has only been ascended successfully once, in 1984 by a team from Siliguri (NBEC) under the leadership of Durjoy Ghosh. Four members and a sherpa reached the summit and successfully returned in inclement weather conditions. A team from Bengal obtained IMF approval