Jim Eyre (caver)

Jim Eyre (1925–2008) was a British caver, known for being one of the first European cavers to explore the caves of Asia.[1] In 1946 in Lancaster, Eyre helped to found the Red Rose Cave and Pot Hole Club, where he was prominent in the earliest exploration of the Ease Gill Caverns.[2]

Jim Eyre (second left) outside County Pot in 1955 during the early exploration of Ease Gill Caverns

Life and career

Eyre was born in Kent, and his family moved to Lancaster while he was young.[1]

Eyre was also a known author of adventure literature. Two early books, It's Only a Game and The Game Goes On, included more than 160 photographs, and cartoons of his characteristically knobbly-kneed explorers. His 1961 autobiography, The Cave Explorers, sold out. Half a dozen other books have followed, including Race Against Time: A History of the Cave Rescue Organisation about the team based in Clapham, North Yorkshire.[3]

Eyre was well known as an active member of the Clapham-based Cave Rescue Organisation, and he took a major role during the Mossdale Caverns tragedy.[4]

He died in 2008, aged 83.[1]

Bibliography

The Cave Explorers, 1981

Race Against Time: A History of the Cave Rescue Organisation, 1988

The Ease Gill System: Forty Years of Exploration, 1989

It's Only a Game, 2004

The Game Goes On, 2009[5]

See also

References
  1. Frankland, John (9 October 2008). "Obituary: Jim Eyre". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. "Home". www.rrcpc.org.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. "Fiction and Popular Titles". www.speleobooks.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. "The Happy Wanderers Cave and Pothole Club". www.michaelmelvin.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. "Jim Eyre - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
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