EXCLUSIVE: Two former Royal Marines fight off gun-wielding pirates using paddles - with one of the Brits shot twice in the brawl - while travelling along the Amazon River

John Bathgate and Ian Roberts were attempting a world first - to navigate 3186 miles of the Amazon River from its highest point, Volcán Chimborazo in Ecuador, to the coast of Brazil.

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