Three time NTS participants and this year’s winners of the $2000 Helly Hansen Shopping Spree, Sylvia Jorger and Mike Helliger, recount their lucky ways at the Navigate the Streets. Click on the “read more” button below to view their story of success and fortune!
MIKE AND SYLVIA NAVIGATE THE STREETS...
“Two years ago Mike and I attended a 5 Peaks race in Whistler when he saw a group of people who looked like they were in some sort of an “amazing race”. We immediately agreed that we would love to participate in such a race. Once at home we found the Navigate the Streets website and signed up right away. When I saw the first prize I said to Mike “I am going to New York.” He thought I was kidding… little did he know.... The morning of the race he pointed out to me how fit all these racers looked and how well equipped they were with GPS’s etc. I insisted that I was going to NY. Well, the rest is history - literally!! We won that race and had an awesome time in New York! The most important factor for us though was that we had a lot of fun doing the race and of course we have a very talented support man sitting at home working hard on the clues, David Hopwood.
Needless to say we entered the race again in 2006; we had a lot of fun despite the rain and we came in under the first ten.
So we entered again this year and since I had been sick the week before our motto was to just have fun and go out there and do the best we can. The first clue we tried to solve “on the Drive” was definitely the hardest to guess and it took us almost 40 minutes to figure it out as we were sent in the wrong direction by a well meaning guy we had asked on the street. During this time period though our support was able to figure out the rest of the clues and so once we got the mosaic on Commercial we just had to make our way through the City from clue to clue in the most expeditious way possible. Since I had not been feeling well we took more transit than usual and perhaps that paid off as well.
Of course we were thrilled to come in second place and win a pair of shoes. We both would have been totally happy with this. This year we also got medals and that was an awesome surprise and it was great to share everything with our smart support man. So there we were - sitting with our medals and waiting to see who would win the big draw prize. When we heard Marc Campbell pause when he read our name we had that little feeling inside that says.....and then oh my God - what a surprise; what an amazing event - to win $2,000 in shopping money! I felt like I was in a movie just going into the store and “buying” clothes without having to “worry” about the price… And I think this is probably the first time in Mike’s life that he ENJOYED shopping....!
So thank you Navigate the Streets and Bryan, thank you Helly Hansen, Marc Campbell and the wonderful ladies at the new store and Leo, the store manager and the Make a Wish Foundation. Dreams really do come true - all you have to do is believe it!
We’re hoping Bryan won’t ban us from his future races..... and look forward to participating again next year (and no, we won’t trade our support man either....).
Sylvia and Mike
P.S. We gave our second win shoes away and bought some more..... 
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