climbing

I began climbing in 2000 in a small gym in Northern Virginia. Since then I have learned to climb at an elite level across disciplines, with first ascents to my name throughout the western hemisphere. Climbing is not a sport for me, but an ethos. It informs how I act, where I go, and the way I behave outside of climbing, as well.

First Ascents, and Memorable Climbs

2010-2011

• No Hay Hoyes (5.11a, 6 pitches, Haab-Kalman). Cochamo, Chile.

2011-2012

• Las Manos del Dia (5.11+, 12 pitches, Kalman-Seeliger-Simmons). Cochamo, Chile.

2012-2013

• The Doppler Effect (5.12b, 16 pitches, Kalman-Moore-Varney). Cochamo, Chile.

2013-2014

• El Filo la Aleta de Tiburon (5.10+, 10 pitches, Haenel-Kalman-Siadak). Cochamo, Chile.

• Siete Venas (5.12b, 10 pitches, Hardgrove-Kalman-Kelly-Oakley). Cochamo, Chile.

2014-2015

• The One That Got Away (5.11C1, 1500', Kalman-Siadak).

• A Fine and Pleasant Romp (5.11+, 1500', Cavill-Kalman).

• Standard Deviation (5.11+C1, 1500', Kalman-Oakley-Smith).

• PDL, Me and My Arrow (both 5.11-, both 800', Kalman).

• Paradise Lost (5.11c2, 1000', Kalman).
  **All in Sequoia National Park

2015-2016

• First 5.13s.

2017

• Northwest Passage (1,430m, VI 5.11- R A0, Kalman-Oakley-Siadak), on the North Face of Aurora Peak. Coast Mountains, BC.

• Yacht Rock (ca 600m, IV 5.9, Kalman-Siadak), on the East Face of Mt. Shangri-La. Coast Mountains, BC.

2018

• Noble Beast (1300ft, 5.11C1, Kalman-Loyka). Cathedral Peak, Wind River Range

• Crouching Tiger (500m, 5.12b, Harrington-Kalman-North) on the Chinese Puzzle Wall in B.C.

2019

• Unnamed FA (5.11C3, Kalman-Powell). Cerro Walwalun, Cochamó

• Moonlight Buttress (5.12+, Zion NP). Redpointed over two days in May, only one fall on the whole route. Climbed ground-up onsight.