MS: How tall is the cliff?
Logan: Most of the Spires on the plateau are up to and around 200m. But you can always look down into Lowe’s Gully from these and dream. 

MS: What other climbs are on Mount Kinabalu? Is St. Andrews Peak a sub-peak of Kinabalu?
Brad: Mt. Kinabalu is just the name of mountain. The summit is made up of a granite plateau. The peaks rise out of the plateau sporadically. This creates an amazing and entirely unique landscape. The actual summit is on Lowe’s Peak (4095m). There are various other peaks scattered around the summit plateau.
Boer: Besides St. Andrews Peak, there are Victoria Peak, No Name Peak, Donkey Ears, Tsukushi Peak, and many more. There are climbing routes on almost all of them.

MS: Can you tell me about the name, Alpine Birdy?
Brad: Logan came with this name and we all agreed on it. St. Andrews itself resembles a finger sticking up. Originally, we were a four person party. We had a very strenuous hike up. We were too poor to hire porters and each of us had about 40 kilograms on our backs. Edd, our other party member, almost did not make it up. After we were up, Edd and I went climbing. We decided to run up some easy lines and get used to the rock. Edd led a very short 5.7 with very bad gear. In short, Edd lost his head on his first climb and never climbed there again. After about 5 days, we woke up to Edd packing. So we decided Edd was not made for alpine, and promptly named the route The Alpine Birdy in Edd’s honor.
Logan: Edd gave the birdy to the whole Alpine type
climbing environment when he left early. The arête that looms over you as you climb also looks like a middle finger. (A big fuck you from St. Johns Peak!) 

MS: How was the weather up there? 
Brad: I met a Spanish guy, Pep, on Ton Sai and he had put up a few routes there. He warned us of rain every afternoon. But despite us being in Malaysia during monsoon season, we were only rained out for, I think, three days. Other than that we had beautiful weather. It could be windy at times, lending to cold temps. The coldest was, of course, at night when the temps would drop to around 0 degrees Celsius. 

MS: What is the exact height of the peak?
Boer: Mt. Kinabalu is officially 4095.2 meters tall, at its highest point - Lowe's Peak. Since St. Andrew's Peak is a sub-peak, I'm not sure of its exact height.
Brad: Our hut was at around 4000m.

MS: Anything I didn't ask?
Boer: Beans were a very bad choice as food to bring. They took forever to cook, and were never soft enough to be palatable. Not to mention it forces us to keep the door and window open when it was very cold outside.
Logan: My favorite color is blue.