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Roof and tunnel hacking is the unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces.[1] The term carries a strong collegiate connotation, stemming from its use at MIT and at the U.S. Naval Academy,[citation needed] where the practice has a long history. It is a form of urban exploration.
Some participants use it as a means of carrying out collegiate pranks, by hanging banners from high places or, in one notable example from MIT, placing a life-size model police car on top of a university building.[2] Others are interested in exploring inaccessible and seldom-seen places; that such exploration is unauthorized is often part of the thrill. Roofers, in particular, may be interested in the skyline views from the highest points on a campus.
On August 1, 2016, Red Bull TV launched the documentary series URBEX – Enter At Your Own Risk, which also chronicles roof and tunnel hacking.
- ^ Ninjalicious (2005). Access All Areas: A User's Guide to the Art of Urban Exploration. Infilpress. p. 223. ISBN 9780973778700. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "CP Car on the Great Dome". Retrieved 23 August 2010.