"Shankar Vedantam: The recording studio/embassy gave her the number of someone in Washington, D.C., which also didn't pan out.Kate Sweeny: But after about, I think it was 10 hours total, right before the office closed, they called my name, and I had a passport in hand.Shankar Vedantam: Compared to the relief she felt not going over the cliff in Norway, Kate did not feel elation or even excitement.Kate Sweeny: It was just exhaustion.