Jeff Chapman better known by the pseudonym Ninjalicious, was a Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

-based urban explorer

Urban exploration

Urban exploration is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of urban areas or industrial facilities. Urban exploration is also commonly referred to as infiltration, although some people consider infiltration to be more closely associated with the exploration of active or...

, fountaineer

Fountaineer

Fountaineer is a portmanteau of "Fountain" and "Engineer" - Hydraulic engineer.Fountaineer describes one who designs, explores, or is passionate about fountains and their design, operation, and use.-Fountaineers:Notable fountaineers include:...

, writer

Writer

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 and founder of the urban exploration zine

Zine

A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....

 Infiltration: the zine about going places you're not supposed to go. He was also a prominent author and editor for YIP magazine , as well as its website, Yip.org.

Chapman died of cholangiocarcinoma

Cholangiocarcinoma

Cholangiocarcinoma is a cancer of the bile ducts which drain bile from the liver into the small intestine. Other biliary tract cancers include pancreatic cancer, gallbladder cancer, and cancer of the ampulla of Vater...

 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 — three years after a successful liver transplant at Toronto General Hospital

Toronto General Hospital

The Toronto General Hospital , is a part of the University Health Network, and a major teaching hospital in downtown Toronto, Ontario. It is located in the Discovery District, directly north of the Hospital for Sick Children, across Gerrard Street West, and east of Princess Margaret Hospital and...

 (a location he loved to explore). He was 31 years old.

Background

Chapman attended York University

York University

York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

 in the early 1990s and later studied book and magazine publishing at Centennial College

Centennial College (Ontario)

Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology is the oldest publicly funded community college in Ontario, opened on October 17, 1966 in Scarborough, Ontario....

. He went on to serve as Editor at History Magazine and as Director of the Toronto Architectural Conservancy board.

Works

Chapman first published Infiltration in 1996. In total, 25 issues were published — covering such urban exploration topics as the navigation of storm drains, evading hotel security and adventuring through abandoned military shelters. He also launched infiltration.org, an online version of the zine, in 1996.

His book, Access All Areas: a user's guide to the art of urban exploration, was published in July 2005, shortly before his death. The book serves as a how-to-guide to urban exploration — covering topics from basic stealth and concealment, to social engineering

Social engineering (security)

Social engineering is commonly understood to mean the art of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information...

 techniques to ethics. Chapman is credited with coining the term "credibility prop", which describes a device, uniform, piece of equipment or other appurtenances used solely to reduce suspicion if one is encountered in a normally restricted area. A specific example of "credibility prop" is simply being wet (wetness being a good credibility prop for infiltration of a hotel pool).
He was also featured in CBC Newsworlds program BIG LIfe showing him exploring Toronto.

Jeff and his wife Liz were both interview subjects in the film BBS: The Documentary as participants in the Toronto BBS

Bulletin board system

A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software that allows users to connect and log in to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging...

 community and other early online communities. He is credited under the handle Milky, though he was also known as Milky Puppy online.

External links

• Interview with the Philadelphia City Paper
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