Herndon Monument Climb 2011

The lard was back Monday for first-year students at the U.S. Naval Academy who celebrate the end of their "plebe" year by creating a human pyramid to get a classmate to the top of a 21-foot obelisk. One student was taken to the hospital for treatment after participating.

Matt Dalton, of Safety Harbor, Fla., replaced the first-year student's "dixie cup" hat with a midshipman's cover on top of the Herndon Monument in 2 hours, 41 minutes and 32 seconds. That compares with a climb that took only about 2 minutes last year, when the monument was not greased due to the safety concerns of a former superintendent.(keep reading)