already, bamyan's progeny is developing olympic ambitions. so, bend your knees and shift your weight forward. we're off to the ski slopes of afghanistan! >> at the starting signal, the skiers are off. the object is not so much to be fastest, but to make it down the mountain, at all -- one way or another. these slopes are in bamyan, afghanistan. alishah grew up here. he's just back from two months in switzerland. he and his friend sajjad have been training for the olympics and making big plans. they envision afghanistan as a nation of skiers. >> i remember when i was in st. moritz, and the people were asking me that: where are you from, and i said, i am from afghanistan, especially in this ski area, and they were like, stop breathing and like 'what? are you from afghanistan? are you sure?" and we were really happy and felt like, presenting afghanistan and another image to the europe, not only war and violence and taliban. >> competitive skiing is new to afghanistan. they still have to worry about reaching the bottom in one piece. about fifty s