TRACING THE TRACKS OF SKIING TO THE MOUNTAINS OF ALTAI HD

In North-West China people ski like the old Norwegian "Birkebeinerne" did. They have been skiing like that for thousands of years. This is where it all started, Chinese researchers claim. While Norwegian people take pride in calling Norway the cradle of skiing. But where were the skies actually invented, and who can rightly call their country the home of skis?