(Tribune News Service) — It was a tall and slippery climb up the Herndon Monument, but Ben Leisegang did it twice. Balancing precariously on the shoulders of two Naval Academy plebes stacked in a ...

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. The tradition dates back to the 1940s and is meant to test ...

Naval plebes celebrated the end of their first year with a greasy climb. Midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy's freshman class continued their hefty tradition of climbing the greased 21-foot Herndon ...