Mad

Tonight we are sleeping comfortably on dining room tables of Madison Hut. We are full of spaghetti- lasagna, green beans, and salad and also chocolate- the leftovers from the hut dinner. Someone in the bunk room is snoring like a freight train and also there is a gaggle of flatlander teenagers making fart jokes so I figured I would write until I can fall asleep.  
Today we summitted our first Prezzie, Mount Madison. It is so beautiful up here. Everything is above treeline. Lots of rock scrambling. We had a tense hour or so during our summit and then descent to the hut when a huge storm came rolling in, but it eventually passed by and so we watched a beautiful sunset from the hut. Then sort of for our work-for-stay we thru hikers gave a question and answer session to the flatlanders during which I started to realize how unpleasant a  Massachusetts accent is. I guess they can't help it.
Being around non- thru hikers in the hut, hearing them talk about their lives and smelling their deodorant, seeing them walking around in their cotton clothing, well, I guess I just know I'm a different person than I was a month and three days ago. In a very good way :)