#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>

using namespace std;

class Node {
public:
    int x, y, ln;
    Node();
};
Node::Node() {

}

bool vis[100][100];
char mp[100][100];
int main() {
    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < 100; j++) {
            mp[i][j] = false;
        }
    }
    Node p;
    p.x = 0;
    p.y = 0;
    p.ln = 0;
    int y = 0;
    int x = 0;
    int e = 0;
    int tot = 0;
    cin >> y >> x >> e;
    for (int i = 0; i < y; i++) {
        string tmp = "";
        cin >> tmp;
        for (int j = 0; j < x; j++) {
            mp[i][j] = tmp[j];
        }
    }
    queue<Node> q;
    q.push(p);
    while (!q.empty() && vis[y][x] == false) {
        Node curr = q.front();
        q.pop();
        if (curr.x + 1 <= x && mp[curr.y][curr.x + 1] != '#' && vis[curr.y][curr.x + 1] == false) {
            Node next;
            next.x = curr.x + 1;
            next.y = curr.y;
            next.ln = curr.ln + 1;
            tot = curr.ln + 1;
            q.push(next);
            vis[curr.y][curr.x + 1] = true;
        }
        if (curr.y + 1 <= y && mp[curr.y + 1][curr.x] != '#' && vis[curr.y + 1][curr.x] == false) {
            Node next;
            next.x = curr.x;
            next.y = curr.y + 1;
            next.ln = curr.ln + 1;
            tot = curr.ln + 1;
            q.push(next);
            vis[curr.y + 1][curr.x] = true;
        }
        if (curr.x - 1 >= 0 && mp[curr.y][curr.x - 1] != '#' && vis[curr.y][curr.x - 1] == false) {
            Node next;
            next.x = curr.x - 1;
            next.y = curr.y;
            next.ln = curr.ln + 1;
            tot = curr.ln + 1;
            q.push(next);
            vis[curr.y][curr.x - 1] = true;
        }
        if (curr.y - 1 >= 0 && mp[curr.y - 1][curr.x] != '#' && vis[curr.y - 1][curr.x] == false) {
            Node next;
            next.x = curr.x;
            next.y = curr.y - 1;
            next.ln = curr.ln + 1;
            tot = curr.ln + 1;
            q.push(next);
            vis[curr.y - 1][curr.x] = true;
        }
    }
    if (vis[y][x] == false) {
        cout << "nej";
    } else {
        cout << tot;
    }
#ifdef _DEBUG
    system("pause");
#endif // _DEBUG
}