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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.
Jul 5, 2013 · In the summer of 1955 two young climbers from the Pacific Northwest rested at an alpine oasis below the Grand Teton in Wyoming. Barry Corbet ’58 and Jake Breitenbach ’57 were in the prime of youth, able to jog uphill while wearing loaded packs.
Jan 20, 2024 · Where is Barry Corbet’s Family Now? From what we can tell, Barry’s ex-wife Muffy has since remarried and taken up her husband’s last name to now go by Muffy Moore, but she does still seem to be based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Dec 22, 2004 · Barry Corbet, 68, a member of a climbing team that forged a new route up Mt. Everest in 1963, died Saturday of natural causes at his home in Golden, Colo.
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.
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 ...
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".
Most notable was his paradigm-changing film, Ski the Outer Limits, which touched new visual and spiritual levels in portraying the cutting edge of downhill skiing. Part Two began May 2,1968 when the helicopter from which Barry was filming fell to earth. In an instant his life was transformed.
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.
Athletes Trevor Kennison and Barry Corbet never knew each other. But together they’ve inspired a movement. From overcoming injury to paving the way for adaptive athletes, Level 1’s documentary Full Circle chronicles their unlikely journey – 50 years in the making. Watch Now
