For those who asked what yesterdayās radio play was about - hereās a quick translation [Tarjeiās character is called Leo]
Man speaking in a soft voice: Oh, but look at this. Have you fallen into the trap?ā [small animal squeaking] āThere, there, there. Stay calm. Now, just a small cutā¦ā [the squeaking increases] āNoā¦ No, your blood is still cold, my little friend. Thatās too bad. Ah, well. You can just lie there. Yes, too bad. That was too bad. [The man whistles as he walks away.]
[Human by RagānāBone Man plays]
Iselin: Are we there soon, or?
Anna: You knew we were going hiking today.
Anna: It was your choice to go out partying with a load of guys from Tinder yesterday.
Iselin: Well, but it wasnāt a load of guys from Tinder, it was one guy, okay? And he was actually really smart. Andā¦ what??
Iselin: Yeah. And handsome.ā [Anna laughs] Fine. What did you do yesterday, then?
Anna: Umā¦ a bit of everything...
Iselin: You were studying, werenāt you?
Anna: I have an exam coming soon, Iselin.
Iselin: Yeah, you always have exams coming soonā¦
Anna: Hey, isnāt that the cave opening over there?
Iselin: YES!! I can do the intro, but in that case Iām taking the last piece of chocolat as well.
Anna: With pleasure, itās all yours.
Iselin [in english]: Hi, guys. Welcome back to the channel. Sorry itās been so long since our last video, but today weāre back on a new awesome expedition. Where are we going, little sis?
Anna [in english]: The Black Hammer cave.
Iselin: [in english]: And why are we going there?
Anna [in english]: To find a thousand year old glacier?
Iselin [in english]: Thatās right. Weāve brought all our best gear because apparently this cave is very dangerous. If you want to see what we find, thenā¦
Anna [in english]: Donāt forget to like and subscribe.
Iselin: Can you do it once more and do it with a bit more, like, energy?
Anna [in english and with āmore energyā]: Donāt forget to like and subscribe.
Iselin [in english]: Hopefully weāll make it out alive! [continues in norwegian] You could have been a bit more enthusiastic.
Anna: But, Iselin, itās really embarrassing toā¦
Iselin: It isnāt embarrassing, itās just how it is. If weāre trying to get more subscribers then we have to do it.
Anna: Because that has helped us beforeā¦
Iselin [in english]: Check out the entrance, guys. It doesnāt look very frightening but there is many kilometers of winding tunnels inside. What does the sign say, Anna?
Anna: It says āNo entryā.
Iselin [in english]: In english, please.
Anna [in english]: Entry prohibited.Ā
Iselin [in english]: Yes. Seven years ago a student went missing in the cave and was never found again. Itās been closed ever since. [back to norwegian] And here weāll use music, like ādun dun dun DUNā and the video turns into like this huge white *spitting noise*
Iselin: What the hell is that?
Iselin: Thatās sick, butā¦ get a stick and poke at it.
Iselin: Itās for the camera.
Iselin [in english]: Just look at this, already outside the cave there are bats lying in the sun.
Anna: Itās absolutely terrible. Some of them are completely dried out.
Iselin: Yeah, butā¦ Shall we just go inside? [in english] And weāre going inā¦
Iselin: Turn the torch on.
[noises that indicates that theyāre moving around in the cave. someone whistles further along]
Anna: Shh. What was that?
Iselin: I donāt hear anything.
Anna: Itās justā¦ hush! [Iselin laughs] Iselin, seriously!
Iselin: I donāt hear anything.
[Male and female screaming]
Iselin [laughing]: Oh, what the fuck.
Leo: Sorry, I thought I was alone.
Iselin: That was what we thought too.
Leo: Oh my god. [laughs] Whoa.
Iselin: Butā¦ you have seen the sign, you know that itās illegal to be here, right?
Leo [parrots back]: You have seen the sign too, you also know that itās illegal to be here? [laughs]
Anna: Ummā¦ have you been here before, or?
Leo: A couple of times. You?
Iselin: No, we, itās the first time weā¦ umā¦ are you going to the Black Hammer glacier too?
Leo: Yeah. Yeah, I am. I know the way, soā¦ if you want to, then we could go there together?
Anna [hesitantly]: Yeah, so I think that we will just slow you down.
Leo: No, no, no, thereās no stress, I would really like the company.
Iselin: Anna, itās perfect.Ā
Iselin: Heās been here before.
Iselin: Yeah, yeah, yeah, My nameās Iselin by the way.
Iselin: Yeah. And this is Anna, my younger sister.
Leo: So, whatās up with the camera?
Iselin: No, itās because weāre making films for youtube and tiktok. Climbing.
Leo: Tikā¦ tok? No, itās justā¦ Iām not that up to date with things like that, itās mostly climbing for me.
Leo: Letās go. [he starts walking away]
Anna: We canāt just follow a complete stranger.
Iselin: No, but he seems super nice?
Anna: You mean heās good looking?Ā
Iselin: Yeah, well, when was that made illegal then?Ā
Anna: You donāt understandā¦
Anna: I am relaxing. I am.
[More sounds indicating that they are moving]
Anna: Oh shit, itās cramped
Iselin: Is it far to go, or?
Iselin [in english]: Weāre only thirty meters in and already everything is pitch black here. I donāt know if you can see much but weāre crawling on our stomachs. No wonder someone got lost in here, but thankfully weāve got a handsome guide. Say hi, Leo.
Leo: No, thatās just spiders.
Anna: Whatās happening?
Iselin: Are you telling me there are spiders here?
Leo: Yeah, but they arenāt dangerous.
Iselin: No, but theyāre crawlingā¦
Iselin: They are under my helmet. We have to, can we, I have to get out.
Anna: God, Iselin, donāt stop now, theyāre crawling all over me too. Ugh.
Iselin: Oh, fuck. Oh, fuck.Ā
Leo [groaning from exertion helping the sisters]: There. Really good. And you. Yes.
Iselin: Thank you. Oh. They are still in my hair. Fuck, itās disgusting.
Anna: Okay, here it splits in two.
Leo. Yeah. The Black Hammer glacier is to the right.
Iselin: Yeah. Letās go, then.
Anna: Yes, just letā¦ just let me double check the map.
Leo: I know where it is, though.
Iselin: Okay, so, to the right then?
Anna [to her sister]: Yeah, andā¦ weāre absolutely sure about that?
Iselin: Anna, can you just relax, or? Itās to the right? He says that itās to the right?
Iselin: Hey, whatās your problem, really? Itās like, heās chill, heās showing us the way, I donāt understand?
Anna: Yeah, no, itās nothing.
Iselin: There is something, I can tell that there is something, youāre likeā¦
Anna: Yeah, I just thought that it was supposed to be just us on the hike, Iselin.
Iselin: Yeah, butā¦ weāre hiking? And now it turned out like this, like, we met him, weāre, like, spontaneous.
Iselin: Heās going to look great in the video though.
Anna: Really, like everything is about that stupid video.
Iselin: Thatās why weāre here. To make the video.Ā
Leo [from further ahead]: Whoa. Check this out.
Iselin: Thatās justā¦ sick!
Iselin: Oh my god. Iāve never seen anything this beautiful before.
Anna: How far away do you think the roof is?
Leo: I think itās... twenty metres.
Iselin [in english]: Oh my god, you guys. Just, like, look at this. I donāt know if you can see it through the video but itās like weāreā¦ itās like the most epic thing Iāve ever seen. Weāre inside a goddamned mountain cathedral.Ā
Leo: Youāre not that keen on the movie then?
Anna: No, there are some people who have more need for exposure than others.
Anna: Yeah. Especially her. No, itās more her thing. Iām studying biology, actually.
Leo: Yeah, Iām about to start my master studies.
Leo: Mm. Yeah, you canāt just climb and goof around.
Anna: Right? Or try to become a big youtube celebrity.
Leo: No. Your sister is rather... forward.
Anna: Nah, you just have to overlook some things. If you donāt want to be flirted with, that is.
Leo: I did. And what about you?
Leo: Yeah, Didnāt youā¦ check me out?
Anna: Ehā¦ Iām not very good at things like that.
Leo: Can I suggest that we go climbing some day, for example?
Anna: Iām not very good at that either.
Leo: I donāt believe that.
Anna: Whatās happening?
Iselin: Just come! Check this. Look.
Anna: Itās whole stomach is cut open.
Iselin: I donāt understand how it can still be alive?
Leo: Shall we move on, or?
Anna: And just let it lie here?
Leo, Yeah, Iām not really a fan of bats.
Anna: Iselin, are you serious, are you going to film it?
Anna: A poor animal is lying here, dying.
Iselin: We canāt do anything for it anyway, soā¦ [in english] Look what we found, you guys. It looks like something took a big bite out of it and itās still alive. Ugh. [sound of bat wings] Get it off me. Come and get it off me. Help me. God
Leo: I think we should move on now.
Iselin: Why isnāt it dead. Why isnāt it dying?
Iselin: Oh my god, look at it, itās still moving.
Leo: Listen, there are more coming.
Iselin: What the hell was that?
Leo: Now you understand why I donāt like bats.
Anna: Fuck, I lost my helmet. Do you have to stomp so fucking loud?
Iselin: So now itās my fault?
Anna: Well, something got them to take flight.
Iselin: Great. [in english] Did you see that, you guys? We were attacked by freaking bats, it was like hundreds of them.Ā
Iselin: Yeah? Everything.
Iselin: Like, oh my god. This is seriously the sickest thing Iāve ever experienced. It justā¦ Things are going to take off, people will clickā¦ oh. Youāre bleeding.
Anna: I took a real nosedive.
Iselin: I think we need to wash it, rinse it out. Do you have any water, or?
Anna: No, we need to save the water. Donāt stress it.
Leo: I can go back and fetch some water for her. You just stay here, okay?Ā
Leo: Youāre welcome. [he leaves]
Anna: Did you really film everything?
Iselin: I think so, yeah.
Anna: Wait, I canā¦ rewind. There. Stop there.Ā
Anna: What is that, whatās happening with Leoās eyes?
Iselin: Uh, I donāt know?Ā
Anna: Itās like, theyāre like owl eyes? Itās not normal.
Iselin: You donāt have to exaggerate.
Anna: Iām not. Iām not kidding, just look. He doesnāt even look afraid of the bat, he just stands there looking at it. Iselin, I want to, can we just, like leave?
Iselin: Okay. Um. But then we have toā¦ come on, hurry.
[sounds of them scurrying away while Leo shouts āWhere are you? Hello?ā in the background]
Anna: Iselin? [screams] Oh, fuck. Iselin? Where are you? Is everything okay, I canāt see you? Iselin?
Anna: I canāt see shit.
Iselin: I think I crushed... [hits the torch against the wall] Just walk towards my voice. Come on. Just walk towards me.
Anna: I canāt see shit. Oh!
[load of whispered conversation mostly consisting of panicked panting]
Anna: Oh my god, where are we? You havenāt broken anything?
Iselin: No, no, no, I donāt think so. You still have the map, right? [pulls out map] Okay, where are we?
Iselin: We were up here. And then we went towardsā¦
Anna: We went towards the glacier.
Iselin: Did we go to the right or to the left there?
Anna: There are tunnels everywhere.
Iselin: Yeah, okay, but if we just thinkā¦
Anna: Fuck, fuck, fuck, I said that we shouldnāt...
Iselin: Yeah, but now youāll just have to calm down!
Carl: What on earth are you doing here?
Carl: Why arenāt you answering me? What are you doing here?
Anna: We were on our way to the Black Hammer glacier, but, um, weāre just trying to find our way out.
Carl: Are there more of you. Or are you alone?
Iselin: We met a climber, a guy, but we lost him, so yeah.
Carl: You are grown ups, right? Donāt you realise that youāre putting others in danger?
Anna: Sorry. Sorry, we didnāt mean toā¦
Carl: Oh, jeez. Well, letās see, the quickest way has to be across the glacier. Can you climb?
Anna: Youāll show us out?
Carl: Yeah, I canāt just leave you alone in here.
Iselin: Thank you so much, we had got lost.
Carl: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But now you have to stay close to me. Stay close to me and you have to be very careful with where you set your feet. Come on. You just have to walk.
Iselin: Can I just ask, what are you doing here anyway? Are you a guide or something?
Carl: Do I look the type?Ā
Carl: My name is Carl Utkild and Iām a zoologist. We are a team of scientists who are mapping out the diversity in the Black Hammer cave
Carl: Yeah, weāre mapping everything. Larvae, insects, fish, crustaceans. Yeah, and vertebrates like bats. Is there a reason for you asking?
Anna: Yeah, weā¦ we were attacked by some. And we found some dead ones outside.
Carl: Yeah, you know, most caves are isolated ecosystems but the Black Hammer cave is very special, so closed that some life forms no longer can live anywhere else but here.Ā
Iselin: So the bats couldnāt survive flying outside
Carl: Exactly. Exactly. Weāre still trying to understand why, why, why. Yeah, and Iām sorry, I didnāt mean to get so angry with you, but I just know how badly it can end when someone gets lost.
Iselin: Yeah, we heard about a student who died here, is that true, or?
Carl: āDisappearedā is more the right word. He and the guide were never found.Ā
Carl: Yeah. Yeah, it was one of my colleagues, a professor with long experience. He held a field course for students in here. One of them was careless and got separated from the rest. My colleague got notified and was told to wait and not to go out, but he still went back there alone to search.
Carl: Who knows. They probably got caught by falling rocks. Yeah, so you understand that thereās a good reason that this cave is closed.Ā
Iselin: Sorry. We didnāt knowā¦
Carl: Itās fine, itās fine. Itās fine, itās so fine. Yeah, so letās see, now weāre at the glacier so this is where youāll get some use for those ice picks.
Carl: Good to try them out.
Iselin: Yes. Iām looking forward to it.
Carl: Letās see. [sounds of panting and ice picks being used] Good. You two are some real girl climbers, I have to say. Full of life and spark. There. There, take care of yourselves.
Carl: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Look at this. You two have come to one of Europeās few underground glaciers. Amazing, isnāt it?
Carl: Itās weird. And over there is a free fall of over thirty metres.
Anna: Didnāt you say that this was the fastest way out?
Carl: Oh no, weāre not going out that way, weāre going down the tunnel over here.
Carl: Hereās a ladder all the way down.
Iselin: And itās safe, notā¦
Carl: Of course. Iāll light your way down, come on. You first. Good.
[sounds of people climbing down a ladder]
Iselin: Sorry. Weāre down.
Anna: If this is the fastest way out, why are we spending more time going out than we did in?
Iselin: Maybe he meant the safest?Ā
Anna: Yeah. Where is the way out?
Iselin: Hey? Hello? You have to light the way. We canāt see anything. You have to light up the way for us. [sound of a ladder being dragged upwards] Hello?
Anna: Let go of the ladder! Hey! What the fuck! He took the ladder!Ā
Iselin: Carl. This isnāt funny.
Anna: Stuck in a fucking cave glacier.
Carl: Now youāll have to relax and focus on keeping warm.
Anna: Please, justā¦ Why are you doing this?
Carl: The cave doesnāt provide me with any water. Why do you think this cave here, why do you think it isnāt overflowing with scabby and moss overgrown animals and insects? This cave is the cave where nothing dies.
Iselin: But... youāre completely insane.
Carl: You can call me that if you want to.
Anna: Carl, donāt, donāt go. Or, I donāt understand, youāre saying that the animals in here have eternal life, or?
Carl: No. No, thatās not what Iām saying. Iām saying that everything that dies in here are caught in here forever.
Iselin: But what the fuck does that have to do with us?
Carl: Your blood is warm. You can give us life.
Leo: Whatās happening here?
Anna: Leo? Leo! Down here!
Iselin: Watch out, Leo. Heās completely sick in the head.Ā
Carl: This? This is the opportunity weāve been waiting for.
Leo: Yeah, but these two are nice, Iāve got to know them. Canāt we just wait until someone else comes?
Carl: Stop. Now we will finally, finally be able to get out of here.
[Carl and Leo continues to argue in the background]
Iselin: What the hell? Do they know each other?
Iselin: Who are you talking about?
Anna: Donāt you understand? Leo is the student. It was him and Carl who died here.Ā
Leo: Canāt we just keep them for company?
Carl: Iām tired as fuck of this darkness, do you understand? I want eternal life in the sun. Watch them and Iāll go and fixā¦ [goes off whistling]
Iselin: Leo? Leo, please, donāt do this.
Leo: You donāt get what itās like to just always be alone in the dark with just bats and him there whoās so fuckingā¦Ā
Anna: But we can come and keep you company? Right, Iselin? We would really like to come back and hang out with Leo, right?
Iselin: Yeah. Yeah, of course.
Leo: Thatās just something youāre saying now.
Anna: No. No, we swear. Just let the ladder down.Ā
Leo: You ran away from me.
Anna: But I didnāt know then what it is like for you.
Anna: Leo, you are the nicest person Iāve met in a long time and I would love to go climbing with you. Okay? Leo?
[sound of a ladder being lowered]
Leo: Hurry up. Before he returns.
[sounds of people hurriedly climbing a ladder]
Anna: Whatās the fastest way out?
Iselin: Stop. Fuck. Itās pure ice. We canāt climb down here without an anchor, we have toā¦
Leo: I can lower you down.
Anna: I donāt know if youāll be able to hold on, itās really far?
Leo: Weāll see, but if Iām supposed to trust you, then youāll have to trust me too, or what?
Leo: Here. Wrap this rope around your waist.
Iselin: But will you manage to hold us both?
Iselin: [to Leo] Be careful releasing the rope. [to Anna] Just relax and donāt look down. Leo?
Leo: I thought of something. You forgot your camera.Ā
Iselin: Yeah, you canā¦ you can just keep it.
Leo: But just as a loan. So when you come back here you can get the camera back, soā¦ itās just a loan.
Leo: If you have planned on coming back, that is.
Iselin: Itās getting really tiring to hold on, can you release more rope?
Leo: I think Iāve changed my mind. I think that I feel like you should stay.
Leo: I was so afraid of dying, but when youāve died once then it isnāt so terrible to die again.Ā
Anna: I donāt want to die. You understand that I donāt want to die?
Leo: Itās fine. Youāre going to have an eternity to forgive me in.
Anna and Iselin [falling]: Noooooooooo!
Carl and Leo walk away whistling.
[Falling by Roy Orbinson plays]
