A difficult and demanding area to fly in. The weather on the foothills of Mount Kenya can be cheeky and easily exceeded the performance capability of the wheezy Lynx 7 and it's crews!
Groping around in low cloud is no fun, navigation difficult and at low speed.....performance generally limited!
I have spent two hours and two refuels one horrible night trying to find a way back to Nanyuki with a snake bite victim onboard. Horrible weather like the emerald isle, v poor maps, **** loads of unlit 150' masts, and aircraft working very hard, and no IMC option...... No fun.
That area is not to be underestimated, ask ND about flying into Kathendini in a Gz all those years ago!
Ralph