#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> VI;
typedef vector<VI> VVI;
typedef vector<long long> VL;
typedef vector<vector<long long>> VVL;
typedef pair<int,int> P;
typedef tuple<int,int,int> tpl;

#define ALL(a)  (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define SORT(c) sort((c).begin(),(c).end())
#define REVERSE(c) reverse((c).begin(),(c).end())
#define EXIST(m,v) (m).find((v)) != (m).end()
#define LB(a,x) lower_bound((a).begin(), (a).end(), x) - (a).begin()
#define UB(a,x) upper_bound((a).begin(), (a).end(), x) - (a).begin()

#define FOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<(b);++i)
#define REP(i,n)  FOR(i,0,n)
#define RFOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(a)-1;i>=(b);--i)
#define RREP(i,n) RFOR(i,n,0)

#define en "\n"

constexpr double EPS = 1e-9;
constexpr double PI  = 3.1415926535897932;
constexpr int INF = 2147483647;
constexpr long long LINF = 1LL<<60;
constexpr long long MOD = 1000000007; // 998244353;

template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return true; } return false; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return true; } return false; }

template<typename T, typename E>
struct SegmentTree {
	typedef function<T(T,T)> F;
    typedef function<T(T,E)> G;
    int n;
    F f;
    G g;
    T e;

    vector<T> val;

    SegmentTree(vector<T> a, F f_, G g_, T e):
                f(f_), g(g_), e(e){
        int sz = a.size();
        n = 1;

        while(n < sz) n <<= 1;
        val.resize(2*n-1, e);
        for(int i=0; i<sz; i++) val[i+n-1] = a[i];
        for(int i=n-2; i>=0; i--) val[i] = f(val[i*2+1], val[i*2+2]);
    }
    
    SegmentTree() {}

    void update(int pos, E v){
        // 0-indexed
        int k = pos + n-1;
        val[k] = g(val[k], v);
        while(k > 0){
            k = (k-1) / 2;
            val[k] = f(val[k*2+1], val[k*2+2]);
        }
    }

    T get(int pos){
        // 0-indexed
        int k = pos + n-1;
        return val[k];
    }

    T query(int a, int b, int k=0, int l=0, int r=-1){
        // 0-indexed
        // [a,b)に対してquery
        if (r < 0) r = n;
        if (r <= a || b <= l) return e;
        if (a <= l && r <= b) return val[k];
        T lv = query(a, b, k*2+1, l, (l+r)/2);
        T rv = query(a, b, k*2+2, (l+r)/2, r);
        return f(lv, rv);
    }

    int findL(int a, int b, const function<bool(T)>& check, int k=0, int l=0, int r=-1){
        // 0-indexed
        // [a,b)でf(val[k])がtrueとなるような最小のkを返す 無ければ-1を返す
        // a      k         b
        // xxxxxxxoooooooooo

        if(r<0) r = n;
        if(!check(val[k]) || (r<=a || b<=l)) return -1;
        if(r-l == 1) return l;

        int lv = findL(a, b, check, 2*k+1, l, (l+r)/2);
        if(lv != -1) return lv;

        int rv = findL(a, b, check, 2*k+2, (l+r)/2, r);
        return rv;
    }

    int findR(int a, int b, const function<bool(T)>& check, int k=0, int l=0, int r=-1){
        // 0-indexed
        // [a,b)でf(val[k])がtrueとなるような最大のkを返す 無ければ-1を返す
        // a      k         b
        // ooooooooxxxxxxxxx

        if(b<=a) return -1;
        if(r<0) r = n;
        if(!check(val[k]) || (r<=a || b<=l)) return -1;
        if(r-l == 1) return l;

        int rv = findR(a, b, check, 2*k+2, (l+r)/2, r);
        if(rv != -1) return rv;

        int lv = findR(a, b, check, 2*k+1, l, (l+r)/2);
        return lv;
    }
};

int f(int a, int b){return min(a,b);}
int g(int a, int b){return b;}

void Main(){
    int N,K; cin >> N >> K;
    VI A(N); REP(i,N){cin >> A[i];}

    SegmentTree<int,int> st(VI(300001,N),f,g,INF);

    VVI edge(N);
    RREP(i,N){
        int t1 = st.query(A[i], min(A[i]+K,300000)+1);
        int t2 = st.query(max(0,A[i]-K), A[i]+1);
        edge[i].push_back(t1);
        edge[i].push_back(t2);
        st.update(A[i],i);
    }

    VI dp(N+1,1);
    REP(i,N){
        for(int to : edge[i]) chmax(dp[to], dp[i]+1);
    }
    int ans = dp[N]-1;
    cout << ans << en;
    return;
}

int main(void){
    cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);cout<<fixed<<setprecision(15);
    int t=1; //cin>>t;
    REP(_,t) Main();
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 26068