In reply to toad:
"If the worst came to the worst he said, he might "block the little f*****s" or stop tweeting altogether."
Wow am I surprised at the Guardian printing that word and note it doesn't show well for the hardy mountaineer to be called out using it. I'm also surprised at Joe Simpson for using it in 'likely to become public' discourse in the first place. And honestly if you can't keep your language down in public then maybe stopping tweeting altogether might be a good thing.
NB. I despise twitter, liking Double Knee Bar's t-shirt that reads "Tw*tter... nobody cares what you're doing!"
NB2. I am in awe of Joe Simpson's ability to deal with difficulty in an environment that I can only imagine and actually very much liked the book and film Touching The Void, but come on mate tone it down in public.