Samantha Williams

Thank you.

Okay, so you should know that I can't swim.

Keep that right here.

Comes in handy later.

So in 2015, I was living in Johannesburg, South Africa, and had a great group of girlfriends, many that I'd known for a couple of years.

And my closest friend in the group, her name was Farai.

And she was organizing a trip for our friend Lorraine to go to Victoria Falls to celebrate her 35th birthday.

Now, this should be very straightforward.

We're going to Vic Falls.

We're doing boozy boat cruises.

We're doing barbecues by the pool.

It's going to be great.

And for the first two days of the trip, it was exactly that.

We were lightly lit on the river.

We saw the falls.

We ate whole plates of food.

Everything's wonderful.

So then, on the day we're supposed to leave,

Lorraine, who's turning 35 and in her feelings and wants to have a big adventure before she leaves Vic Falls, says, ladies, what if we go white water rafting?

And all the other members of the group, there's six of us, and we're all from, you know, we're living in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania.