Isle Royale 10-13 Aug 2007

[Roger Southwick]

Three of us from the Rochester area just returned from a tech trip at Isle Royale with Ken Merryman.  We had a couple very nice dives on the Kamloops, Congdon stern, and Chisholm engine.  Most 20-foot deco stops were in 61F water, which was awesome.  Sunday's morning dive was scrapped due to 5-6' waves but by afternoon it calmed down.

Monday was perfect.  We dived the Chisholm during calm, sunny conditions, so I brought the camera along for some ambient-light photos.  On previous recreational trips we had been limited to 10-12 minutes on the wreck; this time we had over 40min!

John Martin and John Preston check out the stern:






We had enough time to inspect some hull sections that we hadn't seen before:









Unbelievably calm water over the Chisholm:




It wouldn't be Isle Royale without a beautiful sunset:




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