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... Climbing into chimneys - what a strange thing to do. Do people sometimes do it successfully? I've only heard of it going disastrously wrong.
We only hear about it when the attempted passage is unsuccessful. If the trapped person is lucky (?) he / she might attract some help before dying in place.
Back in 2004 Mighty Emperor posted two stories of the latter (trapped but saved) variety in the World's Dumbest Criminals thread. Both entrapments occurred during attempted burglaries.
This one involved a chimney:
https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/the-worlds-dumbest-criminals.10650/post-329046
The warmer-climate version involves air conditioning ducts rather than a chimney:
https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/the-worlds-dumbest-criminals.10650/post-334442