#include <cassert>// c
#include <iostream>// io
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>// container
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <queue>
#include <bitset>
#include <stack>
#include <algorithm>// other
#include <complex>
#include <numeric>
#include <functional>
#include <random>
#include <regex>
using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;

#define ALL(c) (begin(c)),(end(c))
#define REP(i,n) FOR(i,0,n)
#define REPr(i,n) FORr(i,0,n)
#define FOR(i,l,r) for(int i=(int)(l);i<(int)(r);++i)
#define FORr(i,l,r) for(int i=(int)(r)-1;i>=(int)(l);--i)
#define EACH(it,o) for(auto it = (o).begin(); it != (o).end(); ++it)
#define IN(l,v,r) ((l)<=(v) && (v)<(r))
#define UNIQUE(v) v.erase(unique(ALL(v)),v.end())
//debug
#define DUMP(x)  cerr << #x << " = " << (x)
#define LINE()    cerr<< " (L" << __LINE__ << ")"

class range {
private:
	struct Iter{
		int v;
		int operator*(){return v;}
		bool operator!=(Iter& itr) {return v < itr.v;}
		void operator++() {++v;}
	};
	Iter i, n;
public:
	range(int n) : i({0}), n({n}) {}
	range(int i, int n) : i({i}), n({n}) {}
	Iter& begin() {return i;}
	Iter& end() {return n;}
};

//input
template<typename T1,typename T2> istream& operator >> (istream& is,pair<T1,T2>& p){is>>p.first>>p.second;return is;}
template<typename T1> istream& operator >> (istream& is,tuple<T1>& t){is >> get<0>(t);return is;}
template<typename T1,typename T2> istream& operator >> (istream& is,tuple<T1,T2>& t){is >> get<0>(t) >> get<1>(t);return is;}
template<typename T1,typename T2,typename T3> istream& operator >> (istream& is,tuple<T1,T2,T3>& t){is >>get<0>(t)>>get<1>(t)>>get<2>(t);return is;}
template<typename T1,typename T2,typename T3,typename T4> istream& operator >> (istream& is,tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4>& t){is >> get<0>(t)>>get<1>(t)>>get<2>(t)>>get<3>(t);return is;}
template<typename T1,typename T2,typename T3,typename T4,typename T5> istream& operator >> (istream& is, const tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5>& t){is >> get<0>(t) >> get<1>(t) >> get<2>(t) >> get<3>(t) >> get<4>(t);return is;}
template<typename T1,typename T2,typename T3,typename T4,typename T5,typename T6> istream& operator >> (istream& is, const tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6>& t){is >> get<0>(t) >> get<1>(t) >> get<2>(t) >> get<3>(t) >> get<4>(t) >> get<5>(t);return is;}
template<typename T1,typename T2,typename T3,typename T4,typename T5,typename T6,typename T7> istream& operator >> (istream& is, const tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7>& t){is >> get<0>(t) >> get<1>(t) >> get<2>(t) >> get<3>(t) >> get<4>(t) >> get<5>(t) >> get<6>(t);return is;}
template<typename T> istream& operator >> (istream& is,vector<T>& as){REP(i,as.size())is >>as[i];return is;}

//output
template<typename T> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const set<T>& ss){for(auto a:ss){if(a!=ss.begin())os<<" "; os<<a;}return os;}
template<typename T1,typename T2> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const pair<T1,T2>& p){os<<p.first<<" "<<p.second;return os;}
template<typename K,typename V> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const map<K,V>& m){bool isF=true;for(auto& p:m){if(!isF)os<<endl;os<<p;isF=false;}return os;}
template<typename T1> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const tuple<T1>& t){os << get<0>(t);return os;}
template<typename T1,typename T2> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const tuple<T1,T2>& t){os << get<0>(t)<<" "<<get<1>(t);return os;}
template<typename T1,typename T2,typename T3> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const tuple<T1,T2,T3>& t){os << get<0>(t)<<" "<<get<1>(t)<<" "<<get<2>(t);return os;}
template<typename T1,typename T2,typename T3,typename T4> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4>& t){os << get<0>(t)<<" "<<get<1>(t)<<" "<<get<2>(t)<<" "<<get<3>(t);return os;}
template<typename T1,typename T2,typename T3,typename T4,typename T5> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5>& t){os << get<0>(t)<<" "<<get<1>(t)<<" "<<get<2>(t)<<" "<<get<3>(t)<<" "<<get<4>(t);return os;}
template<typename T1,typename T2,typename T3,typename T4,typename T5,typename T6> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6>& t){os << get<0>(t)<<" "<<get<1>(t)<<" "<<get<2>(t)<<" "<<get<3>(t)<<" "<<get<4>(t)<<" "<<get<5>(t);return os;}
template<typename T1,typename T2,typename T3,typename T4,typename T5,typename T6,typename T7> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6,T7>& t){os << get<0>(t)<<" "<<get<1>(t)<<" "<<get<2>(t)<<" "<<get<3>(t)<<" "<<get<4>(t)<<" "<<get<5>(t)<<" "<<get<6>(t);return os;}
template<typename T> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const vector<T>& as){REP(i,as.size()){if(i!=0)os<<" "; os<<as[i];}return os;}
template<typename T> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const vector<vector<T>>& as){REP(i,as.size()){if(i!=0)os<<endl; os<<as[i];}return os;}

//input
char tmp[1000];
#define nextInt(n) scanf("%d",&n)
#define nextLong(n) scanf("%lld",&n) //I64d
#define nextDouble(n) scanf("%lf",&n) 
#define nextChar(n) scanf("%c",&n)
#define nextString(n) scanf("%s",tmp);n=tmp

// values
template<typename T> T INF(){assert(false);};
template<> int INF<int>(){return 1<<28;};
template<> ll INF<ll>(){return 1LL<<58;};
template<> double INF<double>(){return 1e16;};
template<> long double INF<long double>(){return 1e16;};

template<class T> T EPS(){assert(false);};
template<> int EPS<int>(){return 1;};
template<> ll EPS<ll>(){return 1LL;};
template<> double EPS<double>(){return 1e-8;};
template<> long double EPS<long double>(){return 1e-8;};

template<typename T,typename U> T pmod(T v,U M){return (v%M+M)%M;}

class Main{
	public:

	int H,W;
	int enc(int y,int x){
		return y*W+x;
	}
	pair<int,int> dec(int p){
		return {p/W,p%W};
	}

	int dx[4]={1,0,-1,0},dy[4]={0,1,0,-1};

	void run(){
		cin >> H >> W;
		vector<vector<int>> board(H,vector<int>(W));cin >> board;

		vector<vector<int>> memo(H*W,vector<int>(H*W,INF<int>()));

		priority_queue<tuple<int,int,int>,vector<tuple<int,int,int>>,greater<tuple<int,int,int>>> que;
		que.push({0,enc(0,0),enc(0,1)});memo[enc(0,0)][enc(0,1)]=0;
		que.push({0,enc(0,0),enc(1,0)});memo[enc(0,0)][enc(1,0)]=0;
		while(!que.empty()){
			auto t =que.top();que.pop();
			int c,v1,v2; tie(c,v1,v2)=t;
			auto V1= dec(v1),V2=dec(v2);
			REP(d,4){
				int ny=V2.first+dy[d],nx=V2.second+dx[d];
				if(!IN(0,ny,H) || !IN(0,nx,W))continue;
				if(memo[v2][enc(ny,nx)]!=INF<int>())continue;
				if(board[ny][nx] == board[V2.first][V2.second] || board[ny][nx] == board[V1.first][V1.second])continue;
				if(((board[V1.first][V1.second] < board[V2.first][V2.second] && board[V2.first][V2.second] < board[ny][nx])
					|| (board[ny][nx] < board[V2.first][V2.second] && board[V2.first][V2.second] < board[V1.first][V1.second])))continue;

				memo[v2][enc(ny,nx)]=c+1;
				que.push({memo[v2][enc(ny,nx)],v2,enc(ny,nx)});
			}
		}
		int res= min(memo[enc(H-1,W-2)][enc(H-1,W-1)],memo[enc(H-2,W-1)][enc(H-1,W-1)]);
		if(res==INF<int>())cout << -1 <<endl;
		else cout << res+1 <<endl; 
	}
};

int main(){
	cout <<fixed<<setprecision(20);
	cin.tie(0);
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	Main().run();
	return 0;
}