#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define ll long long

ifstream fin("scmax.in");
ofstream fout("scmax.out");

int main()
{
    int n; cin>>n;
    vector<ll> arr(n+1);
    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)
        cin>>arr[i];

    vector<int> dp(n+1);
    vector<ll> prev;

    dp[0]=0;
    dp[1]=0;

    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
        if(arr[i]>arr[i-1]){
            dp[i]=dp[i-1]+1;
            prev.push_back(arr[i-1]);
        }
        else
            dp[i]=max(dp[i], dp[i-1]);
    }
    /**
    for(int i=1;i<=n;i++)
        cout<<dp[i]<<" ";
    cout<<endl;
    **/

    /**
    for(auto it:prev)
        cout<<it<<" ";
    **/
    cout<<dp[n];
}