I don't solo regularly but I have soloed a few things(5.6 is the hardest I've soloed if you're familiar with climbing grades).
my answer to this is basically once you've gotten to a certain level in climbing, some of the lower levels feel effortless and it doesn't actually feel risky. As an aside, roping up for some of that easier stuff wouldn't be worth it because it would just take too long.
Take walking up stairs, that feels incredibly easy and risk free to your average person but if you slip and fall down a flight of stairs you will most likely get pretty badly injured or potentially die... but no one puts on a rope to go up stairs because the risk level is so low even if the consequence level is very high.
that's how I feel about soloing and I suspect its how many others feel about it too.
fwiw, climbing hard stuff on a rope is way more fun for me than easy stuff without one but to each their own
my answer to this is basically once you've gotten to a certain level in climbing, some of the lower levels feel effortless and it doesn't actually feel risky. As an aside, roping up for some of that easier stuff wouldn't be worth it because it would just take too long.
Take walking up stairs, that feels incredibly easy and risk free to your average person but if you slip and fall down a flight of stairs you will most likely get pretty badly injured or potentially die... but no one puts on a rope to go up stairs because the risk level is so low even if the consequence level is very high.
that's how I feel about soloing and I suspect its how many others feel about it too.
fwiw, climbing hard stuff on a rope is way more fun for me than easy stuff without one but to each their own