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Barry Corbet was a Canadian-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. He wrote extensively on disability related issues. His book, Options: Spinal Cord Injury and the Future, was published in 1980.