Barry Corbet
Barry Corbet (August 1, 1936 – December 18, 2004) was an American mountaineer, film maker and an author. He was a member of the first U.S. Team to climb Mt. Everest. Corbet produced or co-produced more than 100 films and was 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 skiing and mountaineering. Barry passed away on December 18, 2004, far later than anybody would have predicted after a helicopter crash in 1968 which left paralyzed from the waist down.
Places and events named after Corbet[edit]
Corbet Peak is a 4,822-metre-high (15,820 ft) peak, at the north edge of the ice-covered Vinson Plateau in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Hinkley Glacier to the northeast and the head of Roché Glacier to the southwest. The peak was named by US-ACAN in 2006 after Corbet, member of the 1966–67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Vinson, the summit of Antarctica, and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range.
Corbet's Couloir is an expert ski run located at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village, Wyoming. It is named after Jackson Hole ski instructor and mountain guide Barry Corbet who spotted the narrow crease of snow shaped like an upside down funnel.[3]
Barry Corbet Film Festival which showcases feature films that unite skiers, surfers and climbers across borders, disciplines and generations.[4]
Films Featuring Barry[edit]
Full Circle (https://fullcirclefilm.co/) tells the intertwining stories of Corbet and Trevor Kennison (an adaptive paraplegic skier who found fame in 2019 after being the first sit skier to ski Corbet's Couloir).
References[edit]
- ^ "Barry Corbet". LA Times. 22 December 2004.
- ^ "J. BARRY CORBET, 68". Chicago Tribune. 2004-12-24. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
- ^ Martin, Claire. "J. Barry Corbet, pioneering Everest Climber". The Denver Post.
- ^ Knight, Wendy (6 January 2006). "Adventure Film Festivals: Would-You-Dare Movies". The New York Times.
- "The Remarkable Life and Uncommon Courage of Barry Corbet '58 | Dartmouth". home.dartmouth.edu. 6 November 2023.
- "Barry Corbet: Nothing Missed, No Regrets". New Mobility. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- "AAC Publications - Barry Corbet, 1936-2004". publications.americanalpineclub.org. Retrieved 7 November 2023.