Jim Eyre
English cave explorer
About Jim Eyre
Lived 1925 – 2008 (aged 82–83).
Jim Eyre (1925–2008) was a British caver, known for being one of the first European cavers to explore the caves of Asia. 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.
Life and career Eyre was born in Kent, and his family moved to Lancaster while he was young.
Eyre was well known as an active member of the Cave Rescue Organisation, based in North Yorkshire, and he took a major role during the Mossdale Caverns tragedy.
He died in 2008, aged 83.
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English cave explorer
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Jim Eyre was born in 1925.
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Jim Eyre died in 2008.
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