Madison to Carter Notch - The longest 14 miles of the trail. After being spoiled by the Madison Hut Crew I hiked to the top of Madison Mountain. The view was amazing, but I could see the cairns down the mountain to Pinkham Notch and it looked like a long journey. It took my 6 hours to get to Pinkham Notch and I saw Mercury a SOBO on the porch. I crawled onto the dry bench looking to camp and stay there. Mercury was also un-motived to hike anywhere. I went inside in hopes of being told that the weather was so bad I should not hike anymore. The desk clerk was chipper and happy and looked at his co-worker and said yeah I hiked to Carter Hut last week in just 3 hours. After a meager lunch, I headed up the mountain for the long journey to a stealth campsite. I crawled up the mountain and slide down the other side to the Carter Hut, where there was no work for stay. But I did meet ShortBus and Stead Fast.