Cityscapes Spiritual feeding for Ninjalicious, patron saint of urbex
Two urban explorers bow in an impromptu sacrificial ceremony offering food and drunks to Ninjalicious, held in an abandoned building on Aug. 23, 2015, his 10-year death anniversary. / Courtesy of Ron Bandun By Ron BandunThe spirit of a particularly renowned urban explorer may have found itself drawn back to Earth in 2015, on the 10th anniversary of his death. But it was drawn toward Korea, a nation distant to where Jeff Chapman had ever known. But this beckoning force, emanating from western Seoul, offered food and drink, and it seemed to be coming from inside an abandoned building, so maybe this particular spirit succumbed to curiosity, as he likely was privy to during his lifetime, Sept. 19, 1973 to Aug. 23, 2005.Better known as Ninjalicious, he is remembered to this day as sort of a godfather of urban exploration (UE). Ninj, based in Toronto, Canada, published the zine Infiltration and the UE guide “Access All Areas,” and was a foundational member of UER.ca, the
Aug 20, 2019
