2015 vertical cure overview slideshow

1. Event Overview
Vertical Cure 4630 Marloma Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 310.750.6228 Email: Cormando@msn.com

2. Vertical Cure Background
• Vertical Cure is an event developed to create awareness of Scleroderma as
well as raise money to fund research for the rare tissue disease.
• Each participant is challenged to collect pledges based on the vertical feet
they ski during the event. To calculate the descents, Suunto altimeter
watches are provided to everyone participating.
• The event idea was created by Chris Corman and his close friend Phil
Delurgio while riding up a ski lift in Whistler, Canada. Both of their mom’s
suffer from the rare Scleroderma disease.
• Vertical Cure has been held at Mammoth Mountain every April since 2002.

3. What is Scleroderma?
• Scleroderma is a chronic, disabling and often fatal autoimmune
disease
• Scleroderma causes damage to one of more of the body’s organ
systems, including the skin, heart, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract
and blood vessels.
• 300,000 people in the United States suffer from Scleroderma
• The cause for Scleroderma is unknown
• There is no cure…yet

4. In Memory Of
Annette Crayton
February 11, 1938 – September 7, 2007
The Inspiration for Vertical Cure

5. Event Overview
Some highlights of Vertical Cure include:
• Vertical Cure has donated over $285,000 to the Scleroderma Foundation!
• In 12 years, the Vertical Cure Team has skied 13,190,845 feet (2,498 miles)
• In 2006, local Mammoth resident Joey Merten was the Sponsor and Donation
champion by individually raising nearly $4,500 with 71 sponsors
• Mark Berry holds the individual descents record, skiing over 84,760 ft. (over 16.1
miles or 84 lift rides) in one day! By comparison, the average skier will ski 15,000
feet or 15 lifts in a day
• Steve Burkholder holds the snowboard descents record of 83,380 vertical feet in
2010
• The overall descents record is held by Joey Merten who has skied 725,770 vertical
feet or (138 miles) in support of the cause

6. $285,000+ in Donations!
$15,000
$16,000
$21,000
$24,000
Vertical Cure Donation Summary
$24,000
$22,000
$30,000
$14,000
$25,000
$21,500
$21,350
$26,571
$27,571
$300,000
$250,000
$200,000
$150,000
$100,000
$50,000
$0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Vertical Cure participants can be proud to have made a difference. To date, the
Vertical Cure Team has raised over $285,000 for the Scleroderma Foundation

7. Vertical Cure has been held at Mammoth
Mountain every Spring since 2002.

8. “Our goal is not only to raise money for the
Scleroderma Foundation, but we want to create
awareness of the disease”.
Founder - Chris Corman
2006 Vertical Cure 2007 Vertical Cure
2008 Vertical Cure 2009 Vertical Cure

9. Mission: Establish a fun, annual charity event that
will assist in developing a cure to the disease
Scleroderma.
2011 Vertical Cure
2010 Vertical Cure
2012 Vertical Cure
2013 Vertical Cure

10. 2014 Vertical Cure
In 2014, we skied over 696,318 feet and raised over $26,000 for the cause.
Matthew Berry (12 yrs. old), Davis Corman (11 yrs. old) and Chris Corman (very old) skied together non-stop for 8+ hours to lead all skiers
by charging 50,940 vertical feet. Dana Brewer was the women’s leader at 30,950 feet. Jacob Miller was the Snowboard leader at 26,830.
Joey Merten continued his annual strong performance maintaining his lead as the All Time Vertical leader at 725,770 ft. (138 miles!) At 9
years old, Nate Rosen skied an impressive 42,620 ft. A special recognition goes to Stephen Elrod who was the individual donation leader
raising over $3,500 and skiing 15,280 feet.

11. We have a solid group of fantastic people
that contribute every year. Vertical Cure is
making a difference!

12. A Great Time for A Great Cause!

13. Elevating Hope One Foot At A Time!

14. All Ages, All Levels
Everyone having a good time for a good cause!

15. Old Friends, New Friends

16. Past Champions
Year
Vertical Cure
Champion Vertical
Women's
Champion Vertical
Snowboard
Champion Vertical
2002 Joey Merten 52,710 Patti Neurenberg 28,860 Jimmy Delurgio 31,160
2003 Kurt Uyeda 65,890 Cathy Byrd 58,640 Jimmy Delurgio 36,400
2004 Kurt Uyeda /
David Batrick 77,180 Corrine Newton 63,450 Corrine Newton 63,450
2005 Aaron Wilczek 83,440 Natile Hafland* 82,480 Corrine Newton 71,860
2006 Chris Corman /
Kurt Uyeda 68,900 Corrine Newton 62,040 Corrine Newton 62,040
2007 Patti Neurenberg 67,050 Patti Neurenberg 67,050 Corrine Newton 57,110
2008 Mark Berry 74,660 Corrine Newton 65,150 Steve Burkholder 71,500
2009 Mark Berry* 84,760 Dana Brewer 63,255 Steve Chaky 71,430
2010 Steve Burkholder 83,380 Kathy Momaney 79,040 Steve Burkholder* 83,380
2011 Joey Merten 72,540 Dana Brewer 41,420
2012 Jim Delurgio 33,600 Dana Brewer 18,500 Jim Delurgio 33,600
2013 Mark Berry 73,980 Dana Brewer 52,390 Jim Delurgio 48,270
2014
Matthew Berry,
Davis Corman,
Chris Corman
50,940 Dana Brewer 30,950 Jacob Miller 26,830
* Record

17. All Time Top 50
Name
Total
Vertical Miles
1 Joey Merten 725,770 138.0
2 Chris Corman 712,880 135.5
3 Marc Kawakami 653,310 124.2
4 Jimmy Delurgio 519,715 98.8
5 Mark Berry 441,580 84.0
6 Kurt Uyeda 356,990 67.9
7 Brad Horn 355,570 67.6
8 Scott Rosen 335,100 63.7
9 Corrine Newton 319,610 60.8
10 John Crayton 315,041 59.9
11 Dana Brewer 304,985 58.0
12 Steve Chaky 268,410 51.0
13 Davis Corman 261,850 49.8
14 Matthew Berry 255,960 48.7
15 Debbie Chaky 223,430 42.5
16 Philip Delurgio Sr. 208,030 39.5
17 Ryan Utnehmer 200,940 38.2
18 Chris Flanders 195,970 37.3
19 Phil Delurgio 175,721 33.4
20 Terry Teale 166,180 31.6
21 Ryan Gegman 163,960 31.2
22 Patti Neurenberg 157,690 30.0
23 Steve Burkholder 154,880 29.4
24 Kathy Momaney 154,110 29.3
25 Lynne Stevenson 141,820 27.0
Name
Total
Vertical Miles
26 Tim McEvilly 133,880 25.5
27 Aaron Wilczek 132,070 25.1
28 Mike Fulkerson 122,560 23.3
29 Mike Braue 116,200 22.1
30 Esther Delurgio 109,940 20.9
31 John Friberg 108,420 20.6
32 Nina Berry 89,320 17.0
33 Ryan Mansour 85,600 16.3
34 Natile Hafland 82,480 15.7
35 Jeff Bailey 82,000 15.6
36 Nate Rosen 79,900 15.2
37 Chris Veje 77,780 14.8
38 David Batrick 77,180 14.7
39 George Pennington 75,230 14.3
40 Steve Rooten 73,070 13.9
41 Peter Gordon 70,510 13.4
42 Doug Wadleigh 69,010 13.1
43 Travis Elenitsky 66,030 12.6
44 Peter Gandolfo 65,180 12.4
45 Dan Mullin 63,180 12.0
46 Carol Hobaugh 60,410 11.5
47 Becca Rosen 59,530 11.3
48 Jason Horowitz 59,080 11.2
49 Cathy Byrd 58,640 11.1
50 Asa Gitter 56,640 10.8

18. Personal Bests
Name
Personal
Best
1 Mark Berry 84,760
2 Aaron Wilczek 83,440
3 Steve Burkholder 83,380
4 Natile Hafland 82,480
5 Joey Merten 82,355
6 Jeff Bailey 82,000
7 Kathy Momaney 79,040
8 Kurt Uyeda 78,810
9 John Friberg 78,420
10 Chris Veje 77,780
11 David Batrick 77,180
12 Chris Corman 75,670
13 Steve Rooten 73,070
14 Jimmy Delurgio 72,815
15 Corrine Newton 71,860
16 Steve Chaky 71,430
17 Marc Kawakami 70,750
18 Peter Gordon 70,510
19 Doug Wadleigh 69,010
20 Mike Fulkerson 69,000
21 Patti Neurenberg 67,050
22 Travis Elenitsky 66,030
23 Dana Brewer 63,255
24 Ryan Gegman 61,480
25 Brad Horn 61,000
26 Ryan Utnehmer 61,000
27 Scott Rosen 59,860
28 Cathy Byrd 58,640
29 Davis Corman 58,170
30 Phil Delurgio 57,630
31 Asa Gitter 56,640
32 Matthew Berry 55,570
33 Dean Brown 54,300
34 Ned Ganz 53,860
35 Craig Rucker 53,080
36 John Buchanan 52,920
37 Terry Teale 51,990
38 Peter Gibbons 51,340
39 Jon Goettig 50,910
40 Dirk MeyerzuDrewe 50,070
41 Tim McEvilly 49,610
42 Lynne Stevenson 49,580
43 Ryan Mansour 48,430
44 Cheryl Estrella 45,340
45 Peter Gandolfo 45,060
Name
Personal
Best
46 John Crayton 44,000
47 Mary Tucci 43,800
48 Lisa Ganz 43,700
49 Philip Delurgio Sr. 41,870
50 Bill Blaney 40,740
51 Russell Pihl 40,210
52 Mark Pihl 40,200
53 Mark Momaney 39,880
54 Chris Flanders 39,300
55 Debbie Chaky 38,640
56 Kevin Brown 37,830
57 Carlos Medina 35,860
58 Nina Berry 33,560
59 Tom Kerr 33,000
60 Jacob Randall 33,000
61 Jeremy Randall 33,000
62 Robert Sigal 32,450
63 Dan Mullin 32,020
64 Mark Randall 32,000
65 Jimmy George 31,000
66 Barb Sherwood 30,790
67 Monette Lopez 30,000
68 Ani Stevenson 29,950
69 David Rosenblum 29,720
70 Bob Delurgio 29,080
71 Sven Alwerud 29,060
72 Dan Ramirez 29,050
73 Charles Lairibeaudiere 28,280
74 Mark Delurgio 28,040
75 Kevin Darcy 27,440
76 Mike Braue 27,390
77 Tim Anderson 27,390
78 Bill Cullen 26,770
79 Darren Kmicinski 26,410
80 Greg George 26,410
81 Jonathan Yeh 26,310
82 Rachel Rosen 25,640
83 George Pennington 25,570
84 Eric Therrien 25,500
85 Jason Horowitz 25,400
86 Garret Utnehmer 25,050
87 Sven Alwerud 24,920
88 Laurie Lewis 24,340
89 Karen Whitemoore 23,980
90 Becca Rosen 23,780
Name
Personal
Best
91 Taylor Utnehmer 23,630
92 Jill Zugsmitn 23,600
93 Frank Scaff 23,460
94 Nate Rosen 23,380
95 Ben Bass 22,700
96 Carol Hobaugh 22,050
97 Ricardo Briceno 21,940
98 Ted Krone 21,560
99 Casey Wood 21,400
100 Whitney Brewer 21,400
101 Jeff Nunns 21,120
102 Gary Walker 21,000
103 Susan Randall 20,990
104 Nicholas Randall 20,990
105 Tracy Kaber 20,100
106 Barbara Pushman 20,100
107 Alan Chao 20,000
108 Jim Murphy 19,890
109 Karen Pihl 19,790
110 Dan Kerkhoff 18,980
111 Greg Goodman 18,940
112 Breida Dowling 18,600
113 Joshua Weichbrodt 18,420
114 Leslie Tripp 18,190
115 Phil Crisfield 18,170
116 Chuck Saxton 18,170
117 Esther Delurgio 18,110
118 Andrew Grant 18,040
119 Devan De Los Reyes 17,780
120 Katrina De Los Reyes 17,780
121 Mike De Los Reyes 17,780
122 Cari Utnehmer 16,940
123 Tim Terry 16,750
124 Lori Roche 16,630
125 Jill Phiffer 16,510
126 Darres Reeder 16,430
127 Tanya Reeder 16,430
128 Ron Hurford 16,260
129 Eric Johnson 16,260
130 Jessica Hackenberg 16,000
131 Stephanie Delurgio 15,950
132 Rick Espinoza 15,910
133 Wendy Fletcher 15,890
134 Kathy James 15,310
135 Rodrigo Alonso 15,230
Name
Personal
Best
136 Steve Cohen 15,000
137 Michelle Mark 14,900
138 Ted Wu 14,900
139 Alexandria Guttman 14,900
140 Tiffany Marquez 14,900
141 Enrique Ruvalcaba 14,900
142 Paulina Ruvalcaba 14,900
143 Scott Neitlich 14,890
144 Jeff Wentworth 14,830
145 Danielle McLachlan 14,760
146 Michael McLachlan 14,760
147 Jennifer Cruz 14,570
148 David Ritchey 14,000
149 Vanessa Horowitz 13,455
150 Eduardo Valdes 13,300
151 Jen Silva 13,230
152 Serdar Sikca 12,440
153 Jessica McConnell 12,440
154 Joshua Weichbrodt 12,240
155 Kimberly Johnson 12,170
156 Anne Crawford 12,140
157 Scott Johnson 12,110
158 Christa Medieros 12,090
159 Erin Daly 12,000
160 Ellie Delurgio 11,880
161 Nick Delurgio 11,880
162 Kevin Delurgio 11,880
163 Andreas Koch 11,390
164 Paula Reeder 11,340
165 Wendy Krone 11,250
166 Christa Pennington 11,010
167 Ally Rosen 10,760
168 Amy Gleason 10,760
169 Mike Reeder 10,030
170 Brian Adams 9,880
171 Holly Corman 9,830
172 Landon Corman 9,830
173 Holly Watson 8,820
174 Mareo Ramierez 8,670
175 Sandra Ramierez 8,670
176 Sam Delurgio 7,100
177 Sharon Benton 6,780
178 Jerry Kappel 6,770
179 Pat Utnehmer 6,760
180 Betsy Delurgio 6,090
Name
Personal
Best
181 Adam Benton 6,050
182 Kendal Benton 6,050
183 Noah Benton 6,050
184 Jennifer Cardenas 6,000
185 Debbie Allen 5,940
186 Wendy Bradley 5,830
187 Niki Patterson 5,770
188 George Silva 3,330
189 Dylan Braue 2,500
190 Carla Knight 1,800
191 Nick Hirt 1,520
192 Mike Hirt 1,130
193 Theresa Poprac 1,000
194 Rushnok Hirt 780
195 Kayla Hirt 780
196 Jacob Miller 0
197 Pete Moore 0
198 Josh Showwalter 0
199 Ryan Lobre 0
200 Kevin Rooney 0
201 Leslie Reno 0
202 Stephen Elrod 0
203 Paige Berry 0
204 David Rea 0
205 Christina Vitson 0
206 Stephen Beatty 0
207 Michelle Elrod 0
208 Megan Thomas 0
209 Nancy Welly 0
210 Jeana Miller 0
211 Jenny Beatty 0
212 Spencer Berry 0
213 Russ Elrod 0
214 Annie Elrod 0
215 Sara Lobre 0
216 Eileen Rooney 0
217 Jane Flanders 0
218 Corki Corman 0
219 Callie De Los Reyes 0
220 Ted Thompson 0
221 Maggie Bove-LaMonica 0
222 Mitchell Cameron 0
223 Rhobyn Dejesus 0
224 Priyanka Dhawan 0
225 Brad Foreman 0
226 Andrew Paskoff 0
227 Max Horowitz 0

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