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Family hopes to create scholarship fund in memory of Sandy teen climber who died in fall from Devil Castle

By gephardtdaily.com · August 25, 2026 · 1 min read
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SANDY, Utah, Aug. 23, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) The family of 16-year-old Zachary Jacob Crandall is raising funds in hopes of creating a scholarship to honor the adventurous spirit of the teen, who died Wednesday in a fall from Devil's Castle, a Wasatch Mountain rock formation he was climbing with friends when he fell.

SANDY, Utah, Aug. 23, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) The family of 16-year-old Zachary Jacob Crandall is raising funds in hopes of creating a scholarship to honor the adventurous spirit of the teen, who died Wednesday in a fall from Devil's Castle, a Wasatch Mountain rock formation he was climbing with friends when he fell.

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