A new 20-minute documentary on Red Bull TV follows Canadian Ed Muggridge as he sets out on a whitewater expedition paddling over 60 kilometres down Filer Creek in his home country’s remote and rugged Coast Mountain Range.

New documentary follows Canadian kayaker tackling rapids with his two mentors.

Curtailed by a lack of international travel last year, Ed Muggridge came up with the idea to tackle something closer to home, the 60 kilometres down Filer Creek with two of his mentors. Now, the 20-minute documentary – aptly entitled Filer Creek – tells the story of that expedition among whitewater rapids, occasionally un-runnable water and the local grizzly bears.

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Canadian Muggridge came up with a plan to embark on this particular descent with mentors Sandy Macewan and Benny Marr in September 2020.

The trio assessed the landscape beforehand using satellite imagery and spent months over their travel logistics, including flying their kayaks to the launch point. But even the most extensive preparations could not prepare them for the unforgiving terrain and powerful torrents of water they would face.

With the course altered by fresh rock from recent landslides, there were days where the paddlers would have to carry their boats for hours on end often through thick bush to find the next stretch of runnable water.

But such efforts were rewarded with descents down untouched gorges, slot canyons with the backdrop of visually stunning rugged mountains and the area’s aforementioned population of grizzly bears.

Of the expedition in British Columbia’s Coast Range, Muggridge said: “There were some really solid sections but the high exposure and riskiness, as well as the remoteness, removed the option of pushing any boundaries. The whole feel and character of the river put me on edge.”

It has also made him determined to undertake similar challenges in the future and be even better prepared next time. As he explained: “True backcountry is extremely gnarly, and you can never be too prepared. Going into future expeditions, I’d like to put more focus on getting comfortable in wild settings and ensuring I’m physically and mentally at my best and ready to take on the challenge. Your life is in your own hands. It was a very humbling experience and I’m looking forward to continuing my learning process over the course of my career.”

 Filer Creek is now available globally on Red Bull TV.

“There were some really solid sections, but the high-exposure and riskiness, as well as the remoteness, removed the option of pushing any boundaries. The whole feel and character of the river put me on edge,” said Muggridge.

The natural river was full of fresh rock from recent landslides, requiring days where the paddlers had to portage for hours on end through thick bush around sections of water that weren’t runnable.  Their hard work was followed by descents down untouched gorges and slot canyons surrounded by the rugged beauty of the remote mountains and the area’s population of grizzly bears.

“True backcountry is extremely gnarly, and you can never be too prepared. Going into future expeditions, I’d like to put more focus on getting comfortable in wild settings and ensuring I’m physically and mentally at my best and ready to take on the challenge,” said Muggridge. “Your life is in your own hands. It was a very humbling experience and I’m looking forward to continuing my learning process over the course of my career.”

Ed Muggridge and Ben Marr camp during The Filer Creek Expedition in British Columbia, Canada in September, 2020.

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Ein neuer Dokumentarfilm folgt dem kanadischen Kampf gegen Stromschnellen mit seinen beiden Mentoren.