Speaking French

Planning a climbing trip to France? You may want to know a few of these words.

Rope - Une Corde
Bolt - un spit (sp-eet)
Quickdraw une degaine (day-gen)
Belay - un relai (reh-loh)
Belay Device - un decendeur (des-en-deur)
Rappel - un rappel or abseil
Rock - une pierre
Helmet - caske
Pitch - une longueur
More - plus (pl-oohs)
How many bolts? - Combien de spits?