"Chasing the Thrill lives where all the best stories reside, on that thin edge between amazing and impossible." -Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run
"I devoured this book in one sitting."-Susan Casey, author of Voices in the Ocean
A full-throttle, first-person account of the treasure hunt created by eccentric millionaire art dealer-and, some would say, robber baron-Forrest Fenn that became the stuff of contemporary legend. 
When Forrest Fenn was given a fatal cancer diagnosis, he came up with a bold plan: He would hide a chest full of jewels and gold in the wilderness, and publish a poem that would serve as a map leading to the treasure's secret location. But he didn't die, and after hiding the treasure in 2010, Fenn instead presided over a decade-long gold rush that saw many thousands of treasure hunters scrambling across the Rocky...