Flights of hope as team restocks lakes with fish

Hoho Andrew pours rainbow trout fish into an alpine lake in Mt Kenya in an exercise aimed at increasing the population of fish. [Courtesy, Standard]

It’s 4am, and the crisp-cold air characteristic of Mt Kenya, is almost palpable. Noise from helicopters roaring 11,000 feet above sea level, will soon disrupt the pristine calm of mountain vegetation. 

By the time daylight pierces through the grey atmosphere, a team led by Tropic Air, would have started dropping tiny four-month-old fingerlings into the freshwater alpine lakes on the mountain.