Shashank and Stick Game

Shashank is playing a game with his friends. There are n sticks located in a row at points $a_1,a_2, ...,a_n$. Each stick has a height- $h_i$. A person can chop a stick down, after which it takes over one of the regions [$a_i$ - $h_i$, $a_i$] or [$a_i$, $a_i$ + $h_i$]. The stick that is not chopped remains at the point $a_i$. A person can chop a stick in a particular direction if the region to