Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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 :)

2 comments:

  1. You better not give me slack for wearing deodorant when you get home!!! I'm all caught up with your blog now and I'm jealous - it sounds like you're having the experience of a lifetime!!! I love you and I miss you - keep up the awesome hiking and blogging!!!

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  2. it's ok for on the trail, but when you get home, you WILL resume using deodorant, right?? =)

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