US Naval Academy students scale greased monument in annual tradition Freshmen at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis tackled the slippery Herndon Monument on Wednesday, marking the end of their ...

The Naval Academy class of 2028 shouts, Plebes no more! as they take on the Herndon Monument climb. It's a test these ...

The Herndon Climb, an annual tradition for plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy, is complete, marking a major milestone for the Class of 2028.

But one thing hasn’t changed: Families from across the country still showed up to see their children risk concussion to mount ...

U.S. Naval Academy plebs participate in a slippery tradition that marks the end of their first year by encouraging them to ...

It's a tradition going back 66 years. The Naval Academy class of 2028 shouts, Plebes no more! as they take on the Herndon ...

A lard-covered obelisk is more than a slippery slope for U.S. Naval Academy plebes, who view it as a rite of passage that ...

The Naval Academy Class of 2028 completed the annual Herndon monument climb in a time of 2:27:31 and are “Plebes no more!” ...

The rain made the annual Herndon Monument Climb even more slippery Wednesday morning. But after two hours, 27 minutes and 31 ...

The Herndon Monument was erected in 1860 in memory of Commander William Lewis Herndon, who went down with his ship, the steamer Central America, in a storm off coast of North Carolina in 1857. The ...

But after two hours, 27 minutes and 31 seconds, the members of the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2028 are plebes no more, having completed the climb and replacing the cup atop the obelisk with a cap.