#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
#define light ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(nullptr), cout.tie(nullptr)
#define endl "\n"
#define pb push_back
#define F first
#define S second
#define lb lower_bound
#define ub upper_bound
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define rall(x) x.rbegin(), x.rend()
#define REP(i,a,b) for(ll i = a; i < b; i++)
#define REPE(i,a,b) for(ll i = a; i <= b; i++)
#define REPR(i,a,b) for(ll i = a; i >= b; i--)
#define gcd(a, b) __gcd(a, b)
#define lcm(a, b) (a * b) / gcd(a, b)
#define bins(v, x) binary_search(v.begin(), v.end(), x)
const double pi = 2*acos(0.0);
const int INF = 1e9+1;
const int MOD = 1e9+7;
const int MOD1 = 998244353;

using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using vi = vector<int>;

#define oset tree<int, null_type, less<int>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>
#define osetll tree<ll, null_type, less<ll>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>
//member functions :
//1. order_of_key(k) : number of elements strictly lesser than k
//2. find_by_order(k) : k-th element in the set
 
ll modExp(ll base, ll exp, ll mod) {
   ll res = 1;
   while (exp > 0) {
    	if (exp % 2 == 1) {
        	res= (res * base) % mod;
		}
      exp = exp >> 1;
      base = (base * base) % mod;
   }
   return res;
}

ll inverse(ll base, ll exp, ll mod) {
   return modExp(base, exp - 2, mod);
}

bool compare(const pair<int,int> &i, const pair<int,int> &j) {
   return (i.S > j.S || (i.S == j.S && i.F > j.F));
}

void test() {
   int n, k;
   cin >> n >> k;

   vector<int> a(n);
   for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      cin >> a[i];
   }

   vector<int> ans;
   ans.pb(a[0]);
   for(int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
      if(abs(a[i]-ans.back()) <= k) {
         ans.pb(a[i]);
      }
   }

   cout << ans.size() << "\n";
}

int main() {
   //freopen("input.txt","r",stdin);
   //freopen("output.txt","w",stdout);
   light;
   cout.precision(15);
   cout << fixed;

   int t = 1;
   //cin >> t;
   for(int i = 1; i <= t; i++) {
      //cout << "Case #" << i << ": ";
      test();
   }
   return 0;
}
