A world record attempt by two former Royal Marines to navigate the Amazon has been postponed - after they were shot by pirates.
Intrepid ex Commando John Bathgate is seen calmly saying 'I've been shot twice' and showing a bullet's entry into his knee and out his thigh.
John, 35, and former Marine Ian 'Yan' Roberts, 34, were aiming to be the first to travel from the highest source of the Amazon - the Volcán Chimborazo glacier - to the Atlantic coast.
They were trying make the 5,128K journey to Belém in Brazil - in a mission first conceived by John's dad David, a fellow adventurer.
But they have been forced to give up their trip which started in April for now after they were attacked by an armed rum-drunk 'pirate' - who they fought off - but leaving John with two gunshot wounds.
The pair had also previously been kidnapped by villagers while travelling through Peru.
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