At 1:14:38, the 2009 Herndon climb was an hour faster than last year, but the 1 minute and 30 seconds record set in 1969 is still kind of embarrassing. 19-year-old ... >> read more

Annapolis, MD, May 15th, 2008, the first-year students at the USNA were at it again, trying to climb the Herndon 21-foot granite obelisk (coated with 200 pounds of... lard) and ... >> read more