thrillseekers

For decades, thrillseekers, archeologists and professional treasure hunters have searched for the wreckage of the Bonhomme Richard, a Continental Navy ship from the Revolutionary War that sank on Sept. 25, 1779, off the coast of Yorkshire, England, in the choppy waters of the North Sea.

Navy goes on the hunt for famous shipwreck Annys Shin 2010

For decades, thrillseekers, archeologists and professional treasure hunters have searched for the wreckage of the Bonhomme Richard, a Continental Navy ship from the Revolutionary War that sank on Sept. 25, 1779, off the coast of Yorkshire, England, in the choppy waters of the North Sea.

Navy goes on the hunt for famous shipwreck Annys Shin 2010

For decades, thrillseekers, archeologists and professional treasure hunters have searched for the wreckage of the Bonhomme Richard, a Continental Navy ship from the Revolutionary War that sank on Sept. 25, 1779, off the coast of Yorkshire, England, in the choppy waters of the North Sea.

Navy goes on the hunt for famous shipwreck Annys Shin 2010

For decades, thrillseekers, archeologists and professional treasure hunters have searched for the wreckage of the Bonhomme Richard, a Continental Navy ship from the Revolutionary War that sank on Sept. 25, 1779, off the coast of Yorkshire, England, in the choppy waters of the North Sea.

Navy goes on the hunt for famous shipwreck Annys Shin 2010

Pearce's injury – he has since recovered and is back to riding on snow – was a jarring reminder of the dangers posed to these athletes who often market themselves as devil-may-care thrillseekers but know they make their living in a far more serious, and dangerous, profession.

Sarah Burke Dead: Skier Dies After Accident During Training At Park City, Utah 2012

Today it's a tourist attraction for automotive thrillseekers: for a fee, drivers can take their own cars or rented sports cars onto the track at their own risk (and every season, people die doing so).

Honoring 'the King of the Ring' 2010

The fad swept from those with withering, wasted lives, and onto jaded thrillseekers or people who were just mildly bored.

My Heart goes Boom 2010

There were too many people in wheelchairs and mothers with infants at the Conventional Center or stranded on Highway 10 to believe that only the stupid or the thrillseekers stayed behind.

Timothy Naftali: Katrina, Our Chernobyl? 2008

The sightseers and thrillseekers that purposely head out into the storm and towards the beaches is unbelievable. moonorca

Ike: Why some people stay behind 2008

On Wednesday, the third day of the annual festival, bulls plowed into piles of fallen thrillseekers, injuring at least two.

A Bloody Run in San Fermin 2008