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Barry Corbet (August 1, 1936 – December 18, 2004) was an American mountaineer, film-maker and author. He was a member of the 1963 American Mount Everest West Ridge Expedition, which was the first U.S. Team to climb Mount Everest.
Dec 24, 2004 · J. Barry Corbet, who was a member of the American team that made the first ascent of Everest’s West Ridge in 1963 and who became a leading author on spinal cord injuries, died Saturday. He was...
Sep 1, 2013 · It is an authoritative account of Corbet’s life from his legendary ascent of Mount Everest to the day he became paralyzed and went on to establish himself as an unforgettable pioneer in the disability community.
- Broughton Coburn
Mar 18, 2024 · For an elite mountain climber like Corbet, the inability to explore true wilderness after his spinal cord injury was crushing. He felt like a tourist, for God’s sake. In a fit of radical acceptance, he tried on the voyeur’s role and found it wanting — but in the process he discovered that in a kayak he could transport himself back to ...
Jan 30, 2024 · The recently released documentary Full Circle weaves the stories of sit-skier Trevor Kennison and longtime New Mobility editor Barry Corbet. Much of the power of the movie comes from excerpts from Corbet’s 1980 book, Options: Spinal Cord Injury and the Future, a how-to manual for thriving with an SCI that is based on his own experiences and ...
In 1980, Barry Corbet published a book called “Options”– interlacing his own stories with those of spinal cord injury survivors from across the country. The book was a foundational piece of writing about disability, and what it’s like to live and thrive with spinal injury.
Barry Corbet passed away on December 18, 2004. He is much missed. If you have memories or photographs of Barry which you would like to see posted to this site, or would like to correspond with the family in some other way, please send a note to "contact" at the domain "barrycorbet.com".
