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

const int INF = 1e9;
const int MOD = 1e9+7;
const ll LINF = 1e18;

#define FOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<(b);++i)
#define REP(i,n) for(int i=0;i<(n);++i)
#define REPR(i,n) for(int i=n;i>=0;i--)
#define ALL(v) (v.begin(),v.end())
#define COUT(x) cout<<(x)<<'\n'

template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) {
    if (a > b) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) {
    if (a < b) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

int main(){
    int n;
    cin >> n;
    vector<int> dp(n+1,0);
    int v[n];
    REP(i,n)cin >> v[i];
    dp[1]=v[0];
    
    FOR(i,2,n+1){
        dp[i] = max(dp[i-1],dp[i-2]+v[i-1]);
    }
    COUT(dp[n]);
    return 0;
}