Chef goes on a Tour

Chef has decided to go on a tour of the city of Chefland. The Chef has fans across the city and he intends to meet as many fans as he can on his tour. The chef’s manager has made a list $stops$, of $N$ **number of stops**. The $i$-th stop in the list denotes the number of fans that Chef can meet at that stop. The chef can **only go from $stops[i]$ to $stops[i+1]$ and cannot skip any stops in betwe