 However, the most unusual of High Pike’s summit fixtures is a slate bench which bears the inscription "“In memory of Mick Lewis who loved all these fells”", he died in 1944 aged 16 and a small add-on is in memory of his mother who died in 1970.Famous mountaineer Chris Bonington lives in nearby Caldbeck and is he is often to be seen walking his dog on High Pike, he told a local newspaper in May 2005

"“This (High Pike) is a hill I feel truly at home on, It has always been one I can return to after climbing some serious peak in the Himalaya or Alps and return to earth.It has the most wonderful changing moods.