Caleb McDonald

Give · coming soon

So many of you have asked how to help. We heard you.

A proper home for that generosity is being built right now: a nonprofit effort shaped around what Caleb knows firsthand. Below are the directions on the drawing board. Leave your email and you’ll be the first to know when giving opens.

On the drawing board

Three shapes this could take

Concept 01

The Anchor Point Project

From the parking lot to the wall.

The hardest pitch of adaptive climbing is the approach. Anchor Point funds the gear, partners, and trail logistics that get adaptive climbers off the pavement and onto real rock, Yosemite, Moab, Red River Gorge.

  • Off-road mobility equipment grants
  • Guided access days on real rock
  • An open map of wheel-accessible crags

Concept 02

Back on the Wall

The first-year fund.

Caleb hung a hangboard over his hospital bed because he refused to lose who he was. Back on the Wall puts that first anchor in the rehab room, so newly injured climbers keep their identity while everything else changes.

  • Adaptive equipment for year one
  • Gym memberships through recovery
  • A first day back outside, fully supported

Concept 03

The 80 Feet Fund

80 feet down. A lifetime up.

Named for the fall that started this story. A competition scholarship for adaptive athletes with national-team fire and nowhere near the budget, because talent shouldn't stall out at the price of a plane ticket.

  • Travel + entry fees to Nationals and Para Series events
  • Coaching blocks for rising paraclimbers
  • A pipeline toward LA28 and beyond

These are concepts, not commitments. The name, mission, and structure (including 501(c)(3) status) are being worked out with care. Nothing is being collected yet.