{"id":13604,"date":"2012-09-03T21:30:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T21:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=13604"},"modified":"2012-09-04T20:05:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T20:05:39","slug":"wet-west-paddlefest-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wet-west-paddlefest-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Wet West Paddlefest 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Wet West Paddlefest, now in it&#8217;s 8th year took place last weekend, and as per usual was awesome.\u00c2\u00a0The lure of guaranteed dam releases on the Moriston and Garry rivers, in combination with the obligatory party was too much for many to resist, and there were all sorts of familiar faces bobbing around the eddies and gurning down the drops. Some hardy souls had even made the epic journey all the way from the south coast to Scotland\u00c2\u00a0to be there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=13606\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13606\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-4.jpg\" alt=\"Gunbarrel on the lower Moriston\" width=\"383\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-4.jpg 383w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-4-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=13605\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13605\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-3.jpg\" alt=\"Sticky hole on the upper Moriston\" width=\"383\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-3.jpg 383w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-3-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Pyranha was in attendance with their entire fleet of demo river runners and creekers, the latter proving particularly popular on the Moriston.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=13608\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13608\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-Stands.jpg\" alt=\"No boats left on the stand, means more boats out on the water\" width=\"578\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-Stands.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-Stands-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=13611\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13611\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-2.jpg\" alt=\"Sticky hole on the upper Moriston\" width=\"578\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-2.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-2-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=13610\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13610\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-1.jpg\" alt=\"Boofing the lesser run right hand line on the upper section\" width=\"578\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-1.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-1-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=13609\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13609\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Shuttles.jpg\" alt=\"Free Shuttles at the WWPF event\" width=\"578\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/address>\n<address>Free shuttles &#8211; winner!<\/address>\n<p>There was just enough rain in the area to bring up some of the local runs to paddleable levels, so aswell as the planned dam releases with shuttles laid on, the Nevis, Etive, Orchy and even <a title=\"River Militia\" href=\"http:\/\/rivermilitia.com\/2012\/09\/03\/our-torridon-adventure\/\">some lesser explored runs<\/a>, were also fired-up, rounding off an excellent event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=13607\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13607\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-5.jpg\" alt=\"Neil, one of the organisers, getting some on-the-water time\" width=\"383\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-5.jpg 383w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WWPF-Moriston-5-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to the Organisers and the SCA for putting on yet another cracking event.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #888888\">Photos by Tim Burne and Dave Burne<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Wet West Paddlefest, now in it&#8217;s 8th year took place last weekend, and as per usual was awesome.\u00c2\u00a0The lure of guaranteed dam releases on the Moriston and Garry rivers, in combination with the obligatory party was too much for many to resist, and there were all sorts of familiar faces bobbing around the &hellip; 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