Event Overview

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

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.

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

In Memory Of

Annette CraytonFebruary 11, 1938 – September 7, 2007

The Inspiration for Vertical Cure

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

$285,000+ in Donations!

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

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Vertical Cure Donation Summary

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

“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

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Mission: Establish a fun, annual charity event that will assist in developing a cure to the disease Scleroderma.

2014 Vertical CureIn 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.

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

A Great Time for A Great Cause!

Elevating Hope One Foot At A Time!

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

Old Friends, New Friends

Past Champions

YearVertical Cure

Champion VerticalWomen'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

2004Kurt 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

2006Chris 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

2014Matthew Berry, Davis Corman, Chris Corman

50,940 Dana Brewer 30,950 Jacob Miller 26,830

* Record

All Time Top 50

NameTotal

Vertical Miles1 Joey Merten 725,770 138.02 Chris Corman 712,880 135.53 Marc Kawakami 653,310 124.24 Jimmy Delurgio 519,715 98.85 Mark Berry 441,580 84.06 Kurt Uyeda 356,990 67.97 Brad Horn 355,570 67.68 Scott Rosen 335,100 63.79 Corrine Newton 319,610 60.8

10 John Crayton 315,041 59.911 Dana Brewer 304,985 58.012 Steve Chaky 268,410 51.013 Davis Corman 261,850 49.814 Matthew Berry 255,960 48.715 Debbie Chaky 223,430 42.516 Philip Delurgio Sr. 208,030 39.517 Ryan Utnehmer 200,940 38.218 Chris Flanders 195,970 37.319 Phil Delurgio 175,721 33.420 Terry Teale 166,180 31.621 Ryan Gegman 163,960 31.222 Patti Neurenberg 157,690 30.023 Steve Burkholder 154,880 29.424 Kathy Momaney 154,110 29.325 Lynne Stevenson 141,820 27.0

NameTotal

Vertical Miles26 Tim McEvilly 133,880 25.527 Aaron Wilczek 132,070 25.128 Mike Fulkerson 122,560 23.329 Mike Braue 116,200 22.130 Esther Delurgio 109,940 20.931 John Friberg 108,420 20.632 Nina Berry 89,320 17.033 Ryan Mansour 85,600 16.334 Natile Hafland 82,480 15.735 Jeff Bailey 82,000 15.636 Nate Rosen 79,900 15.237 Chris Veje 77,780 14.838 David Batrick 77,180 14.739 George Pennington 75,230 14.340 Steve Rooten 73,070 13.941 Peter Gordon 70,510 13.442 Doug Wadleigh 69,010 13.143 Travis Elenitsky 66,030 12.644 Peter Gandolfo 65,180 12.445 Dan Mullin 63,180 12.046 Carol Hobaugh 60,410 11.547 Becca Rosen 59,530 11.348 Jason Horowitz 59,080 11.249 Cathy Byrd 58,640 11.150 Asa Gitter 56,640 10.8

Personal BestsName

Personal Best

1 Mark Berry 84,7602 Aaron Wilczek 83,4403 Steve Burkholder 83,3804 Natile Hafland 82,4805 Joey Merten 82,3556 Jeff Bailey 82,0007 Kathy Momaney 79,0408 Kurt Uyeda 78,8109 John Friberg 78,420

10 Chris Veje 77,78011 David Batrick 77,18012 Chris Corman 75,67013 Steve Rooten 73,07014 Jimmy Delurgio 72,81515 Corrine Newton 71,86016 Steve Chaky 71,43017 Marc Kawakami 70,75018 Peter Gordon 70,51019 Doug Wadleigh 69,01020 Mike Fulkerson 69,00021 Patti Neurenberg 67,05022 Travis Elenitsky 66,03023 Dana Brewer 63,25524 Ryan Gegman 61,48025 Brad Horn 61,00026 Ryan Utnehmer 61,00027 Scott Rosen 59,86028 Cathy Byrd 58,64029 Davis Corman 58,17030 Phil Delurgio 57,63031 Asa Gitter 56,64032 Matthew Berry 55,57033 Dean Brown 54,30034 Ned Ganz 53,86035 Craig Rucker 53,08036 John Buchanan 52,92037 Terry Teale 51,99038 Peter Gibbons 51,34039 Jon Goettig 50,91040 Dirk MeyerzuDrewe 50,07041 Tim McEvilly 49,61042 Lynne Stevenson 49,58043 Ryan Mansour 48,43044 Cheryl Estrella 45,34045 Peter Gandolfo 45,060

NamePersonal

Best46 John Crayton 44,00047 Mary Tucci 43,80048 Lisa Ganz 43,70049 Philip Delurgio Sr. 41,87050 Bill Blaney 40,74051 Russell Pihl 40,21052 Mark Pihl 40,20053 Mark Momaney 39,88054 Chris Flanders 39,30055 Debbie Chaky 38,64056 Kevin Brown 37,83057 Carlos Medina 35,86058 Nina Berry 33,56059 Tom Kerr 33,00060 Jacob Randall 33,00061 Jeremy Randall 33,00062 Robert Sigal 32,45063 Dan Mullin 32,02064 Mark Randall 32,00065 Jimmy George 31,00066 Barb Sherwood 30,79067 Monette Lopez 30,00068 Ani Stevenson 29,95069 David Rosenblum 29,72070 Bob Delurgio 29,08071 Sven Alwerud 29,06072 Dan Ramirez 29,05073 Charles Lairibeaudiere 28,28074 Mark Delurgio 28,04075 Kevin Darcy 27,44076 Mike Braue 27,39077 Tim Anderson 27,39078 Bill Cullen 26,77079 Darren Kmicinski 26,41080 Greg George 26,41081 Jonathan Yeh 26,31082 Rachel Rosen 25,64083 George Pennington 25,57084 Eric Therrien 25,50085 Jason Horowitz 25,40086 Garret Utnehmer 25,05087 Sven Alwerud 24,92088 Laurie Lewis 24,34089 Karen Whitemoore 23,98090 Becca Rosen 23,780

NamePersonal

Best91 Taylor Utnehmer 23,63092 Jill Zugsmitn 23,60093 Frank Scaff 23,46094 Nate Rosen 23,38095 Ben Bass 22,70096 Carol Hobaugh 22,05097 Ricardo Briceno 21,94098 Ted Krone 21,56099 Casey Wood 21,400

100 Whitney Brewer 21,400101 Jeff Nunns 21,120102 Gary Walker 21,000103 Susan Randall 20,990104 Nicholas Randall 20,990105 Tracy Kaber 20,100106 Barbara Pushman 20,100107 Alan Chao 20,000108 Jim Murphy 19,890109 Karen Pihl 19,790110 Dan Kerkhoff 18,980111 Greg Goodman 18,940112 Breida Dowling 18,600113 Joshua Weichbrodt 18,420114 Leslie Tripp 18,190115 Phil Crisfield 18,170116 Chuck Saxton 18,170117 Esther Delurgio 18,110118 Andrew Grant 18,040119 Devan De Los Reyes 17,780120 Katrina De Los Reyes 17,780121 Mike De Los Reyes 17,780122 Cari Utnehmer 16,940123 Tim Terry 16,750124 Lori Roche 16,630125 Jill Phiffer 16,510126 Darres Reeder 16,430127 Tanya Reeder 16,430128 Ron Hurford 16,260129 Eric Johnson 16,260130 Jessica Hackenberg 16,000131 Stephanie Delurgio 15,950132 Rick Espinoza 15,910133 Wendy Fletcher 15,890134 Kathy James 15,310135 Rodrigo Alonso 15,230

NamePersonal

Best136 Steve Cohen 15,000137 Michelle Mark 14,900138 Ted Wu 14,900139 Alexandria Guttman 14,900140 Tiffany Marquez 14,900141 Enrique Ruvalcaba 14,900142 Paulina Ruvalcaba 14,900143 Scott Neitlich 14,890144 Jeff Wentworth 14,830145 Danielle McLachlan 14,760146 Michael McLachlan 14,760147 Jennifer Cruz 14,570148 David Ritchey 14,000149 Vanessa Horowitz 13,455150 Eduardo Valdes 13,300151 Jen Silva 13,230152 Serdar Sikca 12,440153 Jessica McConnell 12,440154 Joshua Weichbrodt 12,240155 Kimberly Johnson 12,170156 Anne Crawford 12,140157 Scott Johnson 12,110158 Christa Medieros 12,090159 Erin Daly 12,000160 Ellie Delurgio 11,880161 Nick Delurgio 11,880162 Kevin Delurgio 11,880163 Andreas Koch 11,390164 Paula Reeder 11,340165 Wendy Krone 11,250166 Christa Pennington 11,010167 Ally Rosen 10,760168 Amy Gleason 10,760169 Mike Reeder 10,030170 Brian Adams 9,880171 Holly Corman 9,830172 Landon Corman 9,830173 Holly Watson 8,820174 Mareo Ramierez 8,670175 Sandra Ramierez 8,670176 Sam Delurgio 7,100177 Sharon Benton 6,780178 Jerry Kappel 6,770179 Pat Utnehmer 6,760180 Betsy Delurgio 6,090

NamePersonal

Best181 Adam Benton 6,050182 Kendal Benton 6,050183 Noah Benton 6,050184 Jennifer Cardenas 6,000185 Debbie Allen 5,940186 Wendy Bradley 5,830187 Niki Patterson 5,770188 George Silva 3,330189 Dylan Braue 2,500190 Carla Knight 1,800191 Nick Hirt 1,520192 Mike Hirt 1,130193 Theresa Poprac 1,000194 Rushnok Hirt 780195 Kayla Hirt 780196 Jacob Miller 0197 Pete Moore 0198 Josh Showwalter 0199 Ryan Lobre 0200 Kevin Rooney 0201 Leslie Reno 0202 Stephen Elrod 0203 Paige Berry 0204 David Rea 0205 Christina Vitson 0206 Stephen Beatty 0207 Michelle Elrod 0208 Megan Thomas 0209 Nancy Welly 0210 Jeana Miller 0211 Jenny Beatty 0212 Spencer Berry 0213 Russ Elrod 0214 Annie Elrod 0215 Sara Lobre 0216 Eileen Rooney 0217 Jane Flanders 0218 Corki Corman 0219 Callie De Los Reyes 0220 Ted Thompson 0221 Maggie Bove-LaMonica 0222 Mitchell Cameron 0223 Rhobyn Dejesus 0224 Priyanka Dhawan 0225 Brad Foreman 0226 Andrew Paskoff 0227 Max Horowitz228 Leo Horowitz

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