I classify this as the day I nearly died. White water rafting can be fun, but on the grade five Zambezi River, in the dry season when the river is low, seemed suicidal.

It started early with huge breakfast at our campsite, then we went into the briefing room to learn how to raft in one easy lesson. I was a little unsure, but I kind of thought ‘what is the worst that could happen?’ What they didn’t tell us was the about 3 people a year die doing this. But maybe it was just as well, because I so wanted to bail out.

It was at the Three Ugly Sisters where I nearly drowned after the raft capsized. My nightmare wasn’t over, I still had 10 rapids to go… Now I can look back as say what an incredible experience.