#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

const int NMAX = 100000 + 1;

int n;
int v[NMAX];

void citeste() {
    cin >> n;
    for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) cin >> v[i];
}

void rezolva() {
    bool ok = false;
    long long sol = 0;

    for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
        ok = true;

        for (int j = 1; j <= 9 && ok; j++) {
            if (i - j == 0) ok = false;
            if (v[i - j] >= v[i - j + 1]) ok = false;
        }
        for (int j = 1; j <= 9 && ok; j++) {
            if (i + j == n + 1) ok = false;
            if (v[i + j] <= v[i + j + 1]) ok = false;
        }


        if (ok) sol++;
    }

    cout << sol << '\n';
}


int main() {
    citeste();
    rezolva();
    return 0;
}