(this'll give you an idea of what the tradition in question usually looks like http://imgur.com/a/nKsKT )
So recently I found out about a neat little tradition they got over at this one naval academy. So basically how it goes is there's this one moment that's basically just a 21ft obelisk that pretty much just looks like a smaller version of the Washington monument. And every year its greased up and the plebes, first year cadets, all have to work together to climb it and remove the hat placed the on top it. It seemed like a cool little tradition to build teamwork and a sense of camaraderie among marines and naval officers in training, and something I thought I'd check out.
So anyway, this morning I grew myself up to about 6,000ft. Just to make the walk over to the base just outside DC a relatively short trip for me. I found my way there easily enough using the gps on my phone. I largely ignored the world the stood in my way, at thousands of feet high, its not like anything really stands out anyway. Unfortunately for you tiny folk out there the gps routed me though a number of major cities, most of which now have a few thousand foot long boot prints running through them. I guess I could have just walked around and spared a few thousand people, but I do kinda like those little crunches I feel under my boots.
So recently I found out about a neat little tradition they got over at this one naval academy. So basically how it goes is there's this one moment that's basically just a 21ft obelisk that pretty much just looks like a smaller version of the Washington monument. And every year its greased up and the plebes, first year cadets, all have to work together to climb it and remove the hat placed the on top it. It seemed like a cool little tradition to build teamwork and a sense of camaraderie among marines and naval officers in training, and something I thought I'd check out.
So anyway, this morning I grew myself up to about 6,000ft. Just to make the walk over to the base just outside DC a relatively short trip for me. I found my way there easily enough using the gps on my phone. I largely ignored the world the stood in my way, at thousands of feet high, its not like anything really stands out anyway. Unfortunately for you tiny folk out there the gps routed me though a number of major cities, most of which now have a few thousand foot long boot prints running through them. I guess I could have just walked around and spared a few thousand people, but I do kinda like those little crunches I feel under my boots.