ROYAL BLUE FOR THE GARLIC FANS GRILLED STEAK USES OIL INFUSED WITH 25 GARLIC CLOVES {page 13}
DUCHESS GIVES FROCK DESIGNER A SECOND NOD
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Exploring happiness Adventurer Johan Ernst Nilson pauses in Vancouver during ‘Pole 2 Pole’ trip Key to happiness is following your dreams, Nilson says DAVID PROCTOR/FOR METRO
When Johan Ernst Nilson’s great grandmother was in the hospital, he found himself witnessing the reactions of her neighbours as they came to grips with their own approaching deaths. “A lot of people were lying there being very depressed,” he recalled yesterday outside a café in Yaletown. “They were saying, ‘My life is gone. I didn’t do this, I didn’t do that.’ ... I was petrified of being one of those persons.” Today, Nilson is an explorer and documentary creator who has travelled to 100 countries, climbed Mount Everest and is currently pausing in Vancouver during a ski-andbike trip from the North Pole to the South Pole that he started in April. On his “Pole 2 Pole” expedition, Nilson has already survived frostbite, a fall through frigid northern ice and a grizzly bear chase. In between, however, the Swedish explorer is also working on a documentary in which he asks people he encounters what happiness is. “You have to sit down and think, ‘What am I really prepared to do to fulfill my dream?’” he explained. For Nilson, that dream is exploration. “It’s what I do. I like it. I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world,” he said. DAVID PROCTOR
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Bear a repeat offender Black bear believed to be responsible for woman’s death had previously tried to enter home: Conservation officer {page 3}
Band comes together Chris Cornell on new Soundgarden album {page 9}
Mayor takes more heat John Ernst Nilson on the seawall in Yaletown yesterday.
Mayor Gregor Robertson barely has time to react to barrage of Stanley Cup riot criticism {page 8}