[nabs-l] Independent Travel At Crowded MajorCollegeSporting Events

[Albert Yoo]

Enjoy the game Carrie! Who are they playing this weekend?

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Kimberly thurman
<kimthurman at insightbb.com>wrote:

> Kerry, okay!  That's great.  I'm breathing a sigh of relief.  I was just
> concerned about you girl.  I guess I had a picture of little old you
> wandering that crazy parking lot all aone and it made me frightened for you.
>  Odds are you would probably have even survived that, but why?
>
> I think you have it figured out, and which ever method you choose, enjoy
> yourself.  You're definitely a brave girl.
> On Nov 11, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Kerri Kosten wrote:
>
> > Hi Kimberly and All:
> >
> > Okay let me clear a few things up.
> >
> > Kimberly I appreciate your concern so very much.
> >
> > I am not going to go wandering through the parking lots; I want to go
> > to this game for the game and do not plan to tailgate either before or
> > after the game. So, I will be nowhere near the parking lots...they are
> > a perfect recipe to be raped...you have a bunch of rowdy crazy drunks
> > all in one area...I'm not gonna get lost in that mess.
> >
> > I dont want to go to this game alone to prove I am independent or to
> > practice my self-defense/screaming techniques with a drunk...I want to
> > do this alone to prove that I can in fact go to crowded events and do
> > not need to wait around for feel-sorry-for-the-blind-girl sighted
> > people.
> >
> > I have to disagree Kimberly about the couch burning...we only do that
> > for big major wins and I do not agree with that at all...it makes our
> > school and the state of West Virginia look very bad.
> >
> > I will have my cell phone and a whistle; I have also made arrangements
> > to be dropped off and picked up at the stadium entrance and have two
> > arrangements to get home. Like I said I do not plan to wander around
> > the parking lot at all; I want to go to the game to enjoy the game.
> >
> > I know I will need assistance to my seat...I don't plan to just do
> > this entire thing without asking a single person for help...what I
> > haven't decided is whether I will call the stadium ahead and have
> > someone who works at the stadium escort me to my seat (similarly to
> > asking for assistance at airports) or whether I will use my cane and
> > ask random people along the way "excuse me what section is this?"
> > "Section 102" Okay...I need to keep going; I need section 145...
> >
> > Since this is my first game I am leaning toward just having someone
> > who works at the stadium help me...but the adventurous side of me who
> > loves loves loves structured discovery cane travel wants to do
> > otherwise...
> >
> > Thanks everyone again!
> > Kerri
> >
> > On 11/11/10, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> Joe,
> >> That's right.  That's why I haven't gone to huge events like the one
> Kerry
> >> spoke of alone.  Instead I started small by going to school plays and
> >> concerts and out to eat.  Later I may attempt large things with
> thousands of
> >> people.  I think you need to build up confidence.  Otherwise as you say
> you
> >> might have a rotten time and get so frustrated in the process.  So its
> fine
> >> to build up to independence with no guides.  Maybe a few times use
> >> assistance.  Then you'll be familiar with the layout and next time do it
> >> alone.
> >> Someday I'd like to attend a concert or play with thousands such as at
> the
> >> Verizon center but I'm going to work up to that goal.  Even when I do
> go, I
> >> might go with a blind friend and we can figure out things together.
> >>
> >> Ashley
> >>
> >>
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