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

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]

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. 1 2 3 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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