What is the mind behind the Soloist? Some thing that they are stupid for what they do, I even thought that for awhile but really its nothing like you have ever experienced before. Its hard to describe it but a friend described it as: your flying in a plane and then the engines stall. The plane goes straight into a nose dive and you are on board thinking of what you wish you could have done before you died. That last moment before the plane hits the ground the captain pulls the plane up and gets it back working again. That moment where you thought that all life was over, thats how we would describe soloing. Its hard to try to explain it to others when they dont appreciat what you are doing. Its not like others are there forcing you to do it. Some people do it but I am not one of them. I solo because I want to prove something to myself, not to others. To me, soloing makes me apprecitate life more. It makes me think of all my memories. It shows me that there are more things than the ones of your memories. Its like a jar of fire flies, no one what to let them free because there are exciting and amazing, just like a memory. We eventually let them go but we dont ever forget how we caught them or what we thought of them but we let them go. Its like letting go of the memories for me when we solo. I know I will always have them but I dont need to hold onto them. Soloing shows me that. It shows me that there is more to life then meets the eye. Its a thing that you have to learn to appreciate. You cant take the rock for granted. It is not safe and can have damaging effects so you must not be too cocky about it. Respect nature and it will respect you. This is what soloing makes me feel like. Its hard to describe how it makes me feel. I am not telling anyone to go out and solo. Im just explaining how it makes us feel. It makes us feel alive. Next time you see any of us, dont judge we are doing it to prove something to ourselves not to other.
