Angular fragments, however, remain at rest unless the slope is very steep, and consequently a long talus will be formed sloping down to the brink of the sudden drop at an angle of something like 45 degrees.
"Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England"
W. P. Haskett Smith
A climb down ledges and talus slopes brings one to the little lake, and from here the first glimpse is caught of the exquisitely beautiful Lake O'Hara in the valley far below.
"Among the Canadian Alps"
Lawrence J. Burpee
To his nephew, talus, or Perdrix, he taught all that he himself knew of all the mechanical arts.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang