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Ice Diving - Hopkins Wreck 1/23/09 - jleech - 01-25-2009
A group of us went out and dove the Hopkins out on Lake Minnetonka on Sat. We had cool temperatures to start the morning, but we had a nice little camp that kept us comfortable.
Good dives and good stories were abundant.
Thanks to all who came out.
I had some trouble with my camera, so most of my shots are WAY out of focus, but I got a few that came out OK. I'll post more if I can make the file upload work...
Jeff
Re: Ice Diving - Hopkins Wreck 1/23/09 - jleech - 01-25-2009
More Hopkins Ice Diving Pics.
Jeff
Re: Ice Diving - Hopkins Wreck 1/23/09 - Shooter - 01-27-2009
Looks like you guys had excellent visibility. I didn't realize that wreck was that intact. We'll have to add that to the dive site list. Thanks for posting 8)
Re: Ice Diving - Hopkins Wreck 1/23/09 - DetectorGuy - 01-27-2009
Nice pics but on the photo of the handrail: what is the Aluminum "8" in your rope doing for you? Is that some practice that I havent learned? If the end of the dive rope is that close to the diver, why not clip it to your harness with a carabiner and skip the extra "Weak link"? Or is this a hybrid tag line for multiple divers. I cant see the ends of the ropes so maybe that is what it is. Just curious... John
Re: Ice Diving - Hopkins Wreck 1/23/09 - arcFlash - 01-27-2009
John, you are correct. It's a figure-8 repel tool. It's used as a main line terminator and a link to the pig tails. The pig tail is maybe 16 feet and bisected with a knot to the figure-8. One diver on each end of the pig tails.
A beaner would need to be inspected more often so the 8 is a better choice.
Re: Ice Diving - Hopkins Wreck 1/23/09 - PDitty - 01-27-2009
Looks like the ice dive was cool. I would love to find out where that wreck is. It looks to me by the photo that is was in Wayzata bay. Any chance i could get the GPS Coordinates???
Pat
Re: Ice Diving - Hopkins Wreck 1/23/09 - Jolly_mon - 01-29-2009
Hi Pat,
I emailed you the location plus a map of where it is on Tonka.
Have fun!
Pete R.
Re: Ice Diving - Hopkins Wreck 1/23/09 - doug67 - 02-13-2009
Hey I am very interested in diving there could I get the GPS numbers? ;D