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 Crayton

February 11, 1938 – September 7, 2007

The Inspiration for Vertical Cure

Event Overview

Some highlights of Vertical Cure include:

• Vertical Cure has donated over $260,000 to the Scleroderma Foundation!

• In 12 years, the Vertical Cure Team has skied 12,451,907 feet (2,637 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 677,770 vertical feet or (118.9 miles) in support of the cause

$260,000+ in Donations!

Vertical Cure participants can be proud to have made a difference. To date, the

Vertical Cure Team has raised over $260,000 for the Scleroderma Foundation

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

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2013 Vertical Cure

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

We have a solid group of fantastic people than 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!

All Time Top 50

Name

Total

Vertical Miles

1 Joey Merten 677,770 128.9

2 Chris Corman 661,940 125.8

3 Marc Kawakami 607,050 115.4

4 Jimmy Delurgio 519,715 98.8

5 Mark Berry 412,740 78.5

6 Kurt Uyeda 356,990 67.9

7 Brad Horn 355,570 67.6

8 Corrine Newton 319,610 60.8

9 John Crayton 284,091 54.0

10 Dana Brewer 274,035 52.1

11 Steve Chaky 253,210 48.1

12 Scott Rosen 249,860 47.5

13 Davis Corman 210,910 40.1

14 Debbie Chaky 208,230 39.6

15 Matthew Berry 205,020 39.0

16 Philip Delurgio Sr. 202,050 38.4

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 Ryan Mansour 85,600 16.3

33 Natile Hafland 82,480 15.7

34 Jeff Bailey 82,000 15.6

35 Chris Veje 77,780 14.8

36 David Batrick 77,180 14.7

37 George Pennington 75,230 14.3

38 Nina Berry 74,120 14.1

39 Steve Rooten 73,070 13.9

40 Peter Gordon 70,510 13.4

41 Doug Wadleigh 69,010 13.1

42 Travis Elenitsky 66,030 12.6

43 Peter Gandolfo 65,180 12.4

44 Dan Mullin 63,180 12.0

45 Carol Hobaugh 60,410 11.5

46 Becca Rosen 59,530 11.3

47 Jason Horowitz 59,080 11.2

48 Cathy Byrd 58,640 11.1

49 Asa Gitter 56,640 10.8

50 Dean Brown 54,300 10.3

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

Name

Personal

Best

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

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

Name

Personal

Best

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

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

Name

Personal

Best

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

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

Name

Personal

Best

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

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 Jane Flanders 0

197 Nancy Welly 0

198 Corki Corman 0

199 Callie De Los Reyes 0

200 Ted Thompson 0

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

2004Kurt Uyeda /

David Batrick77,180 Corrine Newton 63,450 Corrine Newton 63,450

2005 Aaron Wilczek 83,440 Natile Hafland* 82,480 Corrine Newton 71,860

2006Chris Corman /

Kurt Uyeda68,900 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

* Record