Why Naval Academy students climb a greased up obelisk every year - a podcast by The Washington Post

from 2019-05-20T07:00

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Every year, freshmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis take part in an annual tradition where they must climb a 21 foot high obelisk covered in vegetable shortening and place a hat at the very top.

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