About the Vertical Cure fundraising event, benefitting the Southern California Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation.

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 $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

6. $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

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.
2010 Vertical Cure
2012 Vertical Cure
2011 Vertical Cure
2013 Vertical Cure

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

11. A Great Time for A Great Cause!

12. Elevating Hope One Foot At A Time!

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

14. All Time Top 50
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20
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25
Name
Joey Merten
Chris Corman
Marc Kawakami
Jimmy Delurgio
Mark Berry
Kurt Uyeda
Brad Horn
Corrine Newton
John Crayton
Dana Brewer
Steve Chaky
Scott Rosen
Davis Corman
Debbie Chaky
Matthew Berry
Philip Delurgio Sr.
Ryan Utnehmer
Chris Flanders
Phil Delurgio
Terry Teale
Ryan Gegman
Patti Neurenberg
Steve Burkholder
Kathy Momaney
Lynne Stevenson
Total
Vertical
677,770
661,940
607,050
519,715
412,740
356,990
355,570
319,610
284,091
274,035
253,210
249,860
210,910
208,230
205,020
202,050
200,940
195,970
175,721
166,180
163,960
157,690
154,880
154,110
141,820
Miles
128.9
125.8
115.4
98.8
78.5
67.9
67.6
60.8
54.0
52.1
48.1
47.5
40.1
39.6
39.0
38.4
38.2
37.3
33.4
31.6
31.2
30.0
29.4
29.3
27.0
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27
28
29
30
31
32
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Name
Tim McEvilly
Aaron Wilczek
Mike Fulkerson
Mike Braue
Esther Delurgio
John Friberg
Ryan Mansour
Natile Hafland
Jeff Bailey
Chris Veje
David Batrick
George Pennington
Nina Berry
Steve Rooten
Peter Gordon
Doug Wadleigh
Travis Elenitsky
Peter Gandolfo
Dan Mullin
Carol Hobaugh
Becca Rosen
Jason Horowitz
Cathy Byrd
Asa Gitter
Dean Brown
Total
Vertical
133,880
132,070
122,560
116,200
109,940
108,420
85,600
82,480
82,000
77,780
77,180
75,230
74,120
73,070
70,510
69,010
66,030
65,180
63,180
60,410
59,530
59,080
58,640
56,640
54,300
Miles
25.5
25.1
23.3
22.1
20.9
20.6
16.3
15.7
15.6
14.8
14.7
14.3
14.1
13.9
13.4
13.1
12.6
12.4
12.0
11.5
11.3
11.2
11.1
10.8
10.3

15. Personal Bests
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40
Name
Mark Berry
Aaron Wilczek
Steve Burkholder
Natile Hafland
Joey Merten
Jeff Bailey
Kathy Momaney
Kurt Uyeda
John Friberg
Chris Veje
David Batrick
Chris Corman
Steve Rooten
Jimmy Delurgio
Corrine Newton
Steve Chaky
Marc Kawakami
Peter Gordon
Doug Wadleigh
Mike Fulkerson
Patti Neurenberg
Travis Elenitsky
Dana Brewer
Ryan Gegman
Brad Horn
Ryan Utnehmer
Scott Rosen
Cathy Byrd
Davis Corman
Phil Delurgio
Asa Gitter
Matthew Berry
Dean Brown
Ned Ganz
Craig Rucker
John Buchanan
Terry Teale
Peter Gibbons
Jon Goettig
Dirk MeyerzuDrewe
Personal
Best
84,760
83,440
83,380
82,480
82,355
82,000
79,040
78,810
78,420
77,780
77,180
75,670
73,070
72,815
71,860
71,430
70,750
70,510
69,010
69,000
67,050
66,030
63,255
61,480
61,000
61,000
59,860
58,640
58,170
57,630
56,640
55,570
54,300
53,860
53,080
52,920
51,990
51,340
50,910
50,070
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42
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44
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46
47
48
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53
54
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56
57
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60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
Personal
Name
Best
Tim McEvilly
49,610
Lynne Stevenson
49,580
Ryan Mansour
48,430
Cheryl Estrella
45,340
Peter Gandolfo
45,060
John Crayton
44,000
Mary Tucci
43,800
Lisa Ganz
43,700
Philip Delurgio Sr.
41,870
Bill Blaney
40,740
Russell Pihl
40,210
Mark Pihl
40,200
Mark Momaney
39,880
Chris Flanders
39,300
Debbie Chaky
38,640
Kevin Brown
37,830
Carlos Medina
35,860
Nina Berry
33,560
Tom Kerr
33,000
Jacob Randall
33,000
Jeremy Randall
33,000
Robert Sigal
32,450
Dan Mullin
32,020
Mark Randall
32,000
Jimmy George
31,000
Barb Sherwood
30,790
Monette Lopez
30,000
Ani Stevenson
29,950
David Rosenblum
29,720
Bob Delurgio
29,080
Sven Alwerud
29,060
Dan Ramirez
29,050
Charles Lairibeaudiere 28,280
Mark Delurgio
28,040
Kevin Darcy
27,440
Mike Braue
27,390
Tim Anderson
27,390
Bill Cullen
26,770
Darren Kmicinski
26,410
Greg George
26,410
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116
117
118
119
120
Name
Jonathan Yeh
Rachel Rosen
George Pennington
Eric Therrien
Jason Horowitz
Garret Utnehmer
Sven Alwerud
Laurie Lewis
Karen Whitemoore
Becca Rosen
Taylor Utnehmer
Jill Zugsmitn
Frank Scaff
Nate Rosen
Ben Bass
Carol Hobaugh
Ricardo Briceno
Ted Krone
Casey Wood
Whitney Brewer
Jeff Nunns
Gary Walker
Susan Randall
Nicholas Randall
Tracy Kaber
Barbara Pushman
Alan Chao
Jim Murphy
Karen Pihl
Dan Kerkhoff
Greg Goodman
Breida Dowling
Joshua Weichbrodt
Leslie Tripp
Phil Crisfield
Chuck Saxton
Esther Delurgio
Andrew Grant
Devan De Los Reyes
Katrina De Los Reyes
Personal
Best
26,310
25,640
25,570
25,500
25,400
25,050
24,920
24,340
23,980
23,780
23,630
23,600
23,460
23,380
22,700
22,050
21,940
21,560
21,400
21,400
21,120
21,000
20,990
20,990
20,100
20,100
20,000
19,890
19,790
18,980
18,940
18,600
18,420
18,190
18,170
18,170
18,110
18,040
17,780
17,780
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157
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160
Name
Mike De Los Reyes
Cari Utnehmer
Tim Terry
Lori Roche
Jill Phiffer
Darres Reeder
Tanya Reeder
Ron Hurford
Eric Johnson
Jessica Hackenberg
Stephanie Delurgio
Rick Espinoza
Wendy Fletcher
Kathy James
Rodrigo Alonso
Steve Cohen
Michelle Mark
Ted Wu
Alexandria Guttman
Tiffany Marquez
Enrique Ruvalcaba
Paulina Ruvalcaba
Scott Neitlich
Jeff Wentworth
Danielle McLachlan
Michael McLachlan
Jennifer Cruz
David Ritchey
Vanessa Horowitz
Eduardo Valdes
Jen Silva
Serdar Sikca
Jessica McConnell
Joshua Weichbrodt
Kimberly Johnson
Anne Crawford
Scott Johnson
Christa Medieros
Erin Daly
Ellie Delurgio
Personal
Best
17,780
16,940
16,750
16,630
16,510
16,430
16,430
16,260
16,260
16,000
15,950
15,910
15,890
15,310
15,230
15,000
14,900
14,900
14,900
14,900
14,900
14,900
14,890
14,830
14,760
14,760
14,570
14,000
13,455
13,300
13,230
12,440
12,440
12,240
12,170
12,140
12,110
12,090
12,000
11,880
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199
200
Name
Nick Delurgio
Kevin Delurgio
Andreas Koch
Paula Reeder
Wendy Krone
Christa Pennington
Ally Rosen
Amy Gleason
Mike Reeder
Brian Adams
Holly Corman
Landon Corman
Holly Watson
Mareo Ramierez
Sandra Ramierez
Sam Delurgio
Sharon Benton
Jerry Kappel
Pat Utnehmer
Betsy Delurgio
Adam Benton
Kendal Benton
Noah Benton
Jennifer Cardenas
Debbie Allen
Wendy Bradley
Niki Patterson
George Silva
Dylan Braue
Carla Knight
Nick Hirt
Mike Hirt
Theresa Poprac
Rushnok Hirt
Kayla Hirt
Jane Flanders
Nancy Welly
Corki Corman
Callie De Los Reyes
Ted Thompson
Personal
Best
11,880
11,880
11,390
11,340
11,250
11,010
10,760
10,760
10,030
9,880
9,830
9,830
8,820
8,670
8,670
7,100
6,780
6,770
6,760
6,090
6,050
6,050
6,050
6,000
5,940
5,830
5,770
3,330
2,500
1,800
1,520
1,130
1,000
780
780
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0
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16. Past Champions
Vertical Cure
Year
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
77,180
Corrine Newton
63,450
Corrine Newton
63,450
2005 Aaron Wilczek
Chris Corman /
2006
Kurt Uyeda
2007 Patti Neurenberg
83,440
Natile Hafland*
82,480
Corrine Newton
71,860
68,900
Corrine Newton
62,040
Corrine Newton
62,040
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
* Record
73,980
Dana Brewer
52,390
Jim Delurgio
48,270
2004
Kurt Uyeda /
David Batrick