Jim Eyre (caver)
Jim Eyre was a Lancastrian caver, born in 1925 in Kent, who is known as 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
Jim 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 is particularly 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]
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
- ^ Frankland, John (2008-10-09). "Jim Eyre". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Home". www.rrcpc.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Fiction and Popular Titles". www.speleobooks.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "The Happy Wanderers Cave and Pothole Club". www.michaelmelvin.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Jim Eyre - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.