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Bob Kull has lived many lives and travelled many places, but there is one thread through it all: his love of being alone in nature.

Growing up in rural California, his neighbour鈥檚 forest was his refuge. And after spending his 20s travelling and moving between jobs, he had a life-altering experience in the Canadian wilderness.

Decades later, and after losing his lower right leg in an accident, Bob decided to spend an entire year alone, on the isolated coast of Patagonia in southern Chile. He ended up on a tiny island where he built his own cabin, and spent his time meditating, fishing and, at one point, pulling his own tooth. But he wasn鈥檛 entirely alone: he had taken a cat with him which became his close companion and, at times, his nemesis.

Bob鈥檚 year of solitude, and what he learned from it. His book about his experience is called Solitude: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Florian Bohr

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(Photo: Bob and Cat on the island he called home for a year. Credit: www.bobkull.org)