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. Corbet produced or co-produced more than 100 films, and he was also the editor of New Mobility, a magazine on disability culture and lifestyle.[1] He wrote extensively on disability related issues. His book, Options: Spinal Cord Injury and the Future, was published in 1980.[2]
Corbet was born on August 1, 1936 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He dropped out of Dartmouth College and moved to Wyoming to pursue his love of skiing and mountaineering. Corbet passed away on December 18, 2004, which was far later than medics had predicted after a helicopter crash in 1968 which left paralyzed from the waist down.