After perilous climbing fall, Idaho outdoorsman has lessons to share on pride, safety Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman © Jeremy Christensen/TNS View of the trail mountain landscape toward Salt Lake Valley in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Rocky Mountain Range in Utah. BOISE, Idaho — For weeks after his accident, Michael Lanza woke up each morning replaying the fall. Last October, Lanza, 59, fell 25 feet and crashed headfirst onto a rock ledge while rock climbing in Little Cottonwood Canyon outside Salt Lake City with his son, Nate. Lanza is an outdoors writer and ...