#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#define lft(x) x * 2
#define rgt(x) x * 2 + 1
#define tm hui_pizda
#define ft first
#define sd second
#define pb push_back
#define pf push_front
#define sz size()
#define cnt continue
#define m_p make_pair
#define fr(i, l, r) for(int i = l; i <= r; ++ i)
#define rf(i, r, l) for(int i = r; i >= l; -- i)
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#pragma GCC optimize(-O3)
#pragma GCC optimize(Ofast)
#pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
using namespace std;
template <typename T>
using _set = tree<T, null_type, less<T>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair <ll, ll> pll;
typedef pair <int, int> pii;
typedef vector <int> vi;
typedef vector <ll> vl;
typedef vector <pii> vpi;
typedef vector <pll> vpl;
mt19937_64 rnd(time(NULL));
const ll N = 1e6;
const ll mtrxN = 10;
const ll oo = 1e18 + 10;
const ll B = 500;
const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
struct mtrx{
ll m[mtrxN][mtrxN] = {};
};
mtrx mtrx_mult(mtrx a, mtrx b){
mtrx c;
fr(i, 0, mtrxN - 1){
fr(j, 0, mtrxN - 1){
ll sum = 0;
fr(x, 0, mtrxN - 1){
sum += a.m[i][x] * b.m[x][j];
sum %= mod;
}
c.m[i][j] = sum;
}
}
return c;
}
mtrx mtrx_pow(mtrx a, ll n){
mtrx res;
fr(i, 0, mtrxN - 1)fr(j, 0, mtrxN - 1)res.m[i][j] = a.m[i][j];
n --;
while(n){
if(n&1)res = mtrx_mult(res, a);
a = mtrx_mult(a, a);
n >>= 1;
}
return res;
}
ll _pow(ll a, ll n){
ll r = 1;
while(n){
if(n&1)r = r * a % mod;
a = a * a % mod;
n >>= 1;
}
return r;
}
ll div(ll x, ll y, ll md){
return x * _pow(y, md - 2) % md;
}
ll dp[N], a[N];
ll n;
set <ll> s;
int main(){
//NN = 10000;
cin >> n;
fr(i, 1, n)cin >> a[i];
fr(i, 1, n)dp[i] = oo;
dp[0] = 0;
fr(i, 0, n - 1){
ll lt = -1;
//cout << i << endl;
fr(j, i + 1, n){
if(lt > a[j])break;
lt = a[j];
auto t = s.upper_bound(a[i + 1]);
if(t != s.end() && *t < lt)break;
//cout << " " << j << endl;
dp[j] = min(dp[j], dp[i] + 1);
}
s.insert(a[i + 1]);
}
// fr(i, 1, n)cout << dp[i] << ' ';
// cout << endl;
cout << dp[n] << endl;
return 0;
}
/*
6
1 2 5 3 4 6
*/
