#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define INF INT_MAX / 2
#define MOD 1000000007

using namespace std;

typedef pair<int,int> PI;
typedef pair<int,pair<int,int>> PIPII;
typedef long long ll;

bool isKadomatsuSequence(int a2,int a1,int a0){
	if(a2 == -1)return true;
	if((a1 < a0 && a1 < a2 || a1 > a2 && a1 > a0) && a2 != a0)return true;
	return false;
}

int dy[] = {0,1,0,-1};
int dx[] = {1,0,-1,0};

int m[101][101];
bool used[101][101];

int w,h;
int bfs(){
	priority_queue<pair<int,pair<PI,int>>,vector<pair<int,pair<PI,int>>>,greater< pair<int,pair<PI,int>> >> pq;
	pq.push(make_pair(0,make_pair(make_pair(0,0),-1)));

	while(!pq.empty()){
		pair<int,pair<PI,int>> p = pq.top();pq.pop();
		int dist = p.first;
		int y = p.second.first.first;
		int x = p.second.first.second;
		int prev = p.second.second;
		if(y == h-1 && x == w-1)return dist;
		used[y][x] = true;
		//cout << y << " " << x << endl;
		for(int i=0;i<4;i++){
			int ny = y + dy[i],nx = x + dx[i];
			if(ny<0||ny>=h||nx<0||nx>=w|| !isKadomatsuSequence(prev,m[y][x],m[ny][nx]) )continue;
			if(used[ny][nx])continue;
			used[ny][nx] = true;
			pq.push(make_pair(dist+1,make_pair(make_pair(ny,nx),m[y][x])));
		}
	}
	return -1;
}

int main(void) {
	cin >> w >> h;
	for(int i=0;i<h;i++){
		for(int j=0;j<w;j++){
			cin >> m[i][j];
		}
	}
	int ans = bfs();
	cout << ans << endl;
}