basically, for those of you that weren't there. the pit area was set up in the astrodome. to get out of it, you had to take your robot along a series of 5 or 6 long semi-steep cement ramps. once outside of the building, you had to walk over the 500 ft or so to Reliant Stadium and then again, follow a series of 5 or 6 cement ramps down to the playing field. it was bothersome and difficult when you were with the robot, but as a person you could generally avoid them
(sure glad i was robot-less...i think i only walked the ramps about 200 times during nationals)