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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import copy
+import sys
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+from typing import NamedTuple, Optional
+
+
+class Point(NamedTuple):
+    x: int
+    y: int
+
+    def neighbours(self) -> Iterator["Point"]:
+        for dx, dy in (
+            (-1, 0),
+            (1, 0),
+            (0, -1),
+            (0, 1),
+        ):
+            yield Point(self.x + dx, self.y + dy)
+
+
+Trails = set[Point]
+Graph = dict[Point, dict[Point, int]]
+
+
+def solve(input: list[str]) -> int:
+    def parse(input: list[str]) -> Trails:
+        res: Trails = set()
+
+        for x, line in enumerate(input):
+            for y, c in enumerate(line):
+                if c == "#":
+                    continue
+                res.add(Point(x, y))
+
+        return res
+
+    def to_graph(trails: Trails) -> Graph:
+        graph: Graph = {p: {} for p in trails}
+
+        for p in trails:
+            for n in p.neighbours():
+                if n not in trails:
+                    continue
+                graph[p][n] = 1
+
+        return graph
+
+    # Remove every node which has exactly two neighbours (i.e: straight lines)
+    def condense_graph(graph: Graph) -> Graph:
+        graph = copy.deepcopy(graph)
+        nodes = list(graph.keys())
+
+        for n in nodes:
+            if len(graph[n]) != 2:
+                continue
+            (n1, d1), (n2, d2) = graph[n].items()
+            del graph[n1][n]
+            del graph[n2][n]
+            del graph[n]
+            graph[n1][n2] = d1 + d2
+            graph[n2][n1] = d1 + d2
+
+        return graph
+
+    def explore(graph: Graph, start: Point, end: Point) -> int:
+        def recurse(start: Point, seen: set[Point]) -> Optional[int]:
+            if start == end:
+                return 0
+            if start not in graph:
+                return None
+            next_step = (
+                (dist, recurse(n, seen | {n}))
+                for n, dist in graph[start].items()
+                if n not in seen
+            )
+            distances = [
+                (dist + steps) for dist, steps in next_step if steps is not None
+            ]
+            if not distances:
+                return None
+            return max(distances)
+
+        res = recurse(start, {start})
+        assert res is not None  # Sanity check
+        return res
+
+    trails = parse(input)
+    graph = to_graph(trails)
+    graph = condense_graph(graph)
+    start, dest = Point(0, 1), Point(len(input) - 1, len(input[0]) - 2)
+    assert start in graph  # Sanity check
+    assert dest in graph  # Sanity check
+    return explore(graph, start, dest)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    input = sys.stdin.read().splitlines()
+    print(solve(input))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()