A potentailly deadly new craze of scaling scaffolding on Sheffield's tallest buildings and exploring derelict sites was today branded "criminal".Enthusiasts of urban exploration - described as the examination of normally unseen or off-limits areas of towns and cities - were condemned after targeting Sheffield Cathedral and the former Jessop Women's Hospital and then posting pictures on the internet.
Their exploits are detailed on website www.28dayslater.co.uk - one of a network of internet web pages dedicated to the risky pastime - and include two visits to Sheffield Cathedral. Explorers boasted how they evaded a security guard, whom they claimed was watching TV, to get to scaffolding at the base of the cathedral for workmen to carry out repairs.
They said they also avoided the attention of nearby police by wearing high visibility jackets, before climbing up the tower and taking spectacular photographs of the view.
On a trip to the former Jessop Hospital, Brook Hill - now owned by Sheffield University - a group climbed in through an open window before peering around old corridors and even exploring the mortuary.
Urban explorers say they have also visited derelict warehouses and buildings once associated with the steel industry
They stress their aim is to take pictures of Sheffield's heritage before it is lost to redevelopment, and say they do not cause any damage.
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