US 海軍の 学院 完全にする ritual climbing Herndon Monument

U.S. 海軍の 学院 新採用するs 乗る，着手するd on a slippery climb to the 最高の，を越す of a greased obelisk as part of a beloved ritual 場内取引員／株価 the end of their first year. The class of 2027 banded together beneath 雨の skies in Annapolis, Maryland on Tuesday to 参加する in the Herndon Climb, a tradition that has been going strong for more than eight １０年間s.

Around 1,175 'plebes' worked together to 規模 the 21-foot monument, which had been 悪賢いd in vegetable 縮めるing, to 取って代わる a 'Dixie cup' hat with the more formal cap reserved for upperclassmen.?

Throngs of rec ruits, many shirtless and 覆う？ in 海軍-問題／発行するd shorts, linked 武器 to を締める the 負わせる of their classmates as they built a human pyramid. 靴下／だますs 目的（とする）d at the 新採用するs 浴びせる／消すd them in a relentless spray of 冷淡な water.

に引き続いて the climb, they would be みなすd fourth class midshipmen rather than plebes, 場内取引員／株価 successful 完成 of their 就任の year at the 学院. Around the two-hour 示す, Ben Leisegang, a 20-year-old California native, finally got の近くに enough to place the upperclassman’s hat 近づく the tip of the obelisk.

Many of his classmates 爆発するd into 元気づける, but the 祝賀 （機の）カム too soon, as the Dixie cup hat remained in place. The plebes quickly 組立て直すd to finish the 職業, and just minutes later, Leisegang was able to whack the cap away with a waterlogged shirt and leave the formal hat in its place. He stood proudly on their shoulders as the underclassmen broke into 勝利を得た whoops. After two hours, 19 minutes and 11 seconds, the 仕事 was 完全にする.

学院 Superintendent 副／悪徳行為 Adm. Yvette M. Davids congratulated the newly-christened midshipmen on their victory. She 公式文書，認めるd that they were but a link in a chain before passing on messages from the class of 1977, 勧めるing them to never forget their experiences as plebes. 'You 代表する so much, not just the past but the 未来,' Davids professed. The person who gets the hat to the 最高の，を越す of the obelisk is said to become the first 海軍大将 in the class - and 競争 is rife の中で their 階級s, as 証拠d by an eight パーセント 受託 率.

This year's student 団体／死体 is 構成するd of varsity 競技者s (90 パーセント), members of the 国家の 栄誉（を受ける） Society (56 パーセント) and captains or co-captains of sports teams (68 パーセント), によれば a class profile on the admissions website. The Herndon Climb began in 1940, though the tradition of placing of an officer’s cap 頂上に the obelisk （機の）カム seven years later.

The class of 2023 was 軍隊d to 延期する their to 2021 after the 2020 event was 取り消すd まっただ中に the Covid-19 pandemic. The climb has undergone several changes, 含むing the 新規加入 of grease in 1949.

The first Dixie cup was placed 頂上に the monument in 1962, the same year the 海軍の 学院 began 記録，記録的な／記録するing the time it took each class to 完全にする the 使節団. A 記録，記録的な／記録する of one minute and 30 seconds, 始める，決める by the class of 1972, has gone 無傷の for １０年間s. However, there is a catch: at the time, the obelisk had no grease.

Midshipman 4th Class Michael J Maynard of the class of 1975 made it to the 最高の，を越す in 20 minutes - believed to be the fastest time since the tradition of greasing the monument began. Conversely, the 記録，記録的な／記録する slowest time was 始める，決める by the class of 1988, who took four hours and five minutes to 取って代わる a Dixie cup hat that had been glued and taped to the obelisk.

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