For more than 85 years, summiting Mount Everest has been and remains one of the world's ultimate challenges. Known in Tibet as the Mother Goddess of the Universe, the mountain has a reputation for attracting swashbuckling adventurers, rogue personalities and nomadic tribes of climbers. Dr. Luanne Freer has become an integral part of Mount Everest's epic journey. She is founder of Everest Base Camp Medical Clinic (EBC Clinic), the highest-altitude emergency room in the world.

Read Freer's story in MCT's Adventure package, a weekly set of stories and visuals that covers a wide range of outdoor recreation topics, as well as the latest gear and popular destinations.

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As November draws to a close, thoughts turn to Christmas.

Want to help your young readers and their parents count the days to the holiday?

MCT Graphics has posted a wonderful set of Christmas countdown graphics done by the Lexington Herald-Leader. These 20 1 col. x 2.5" graphics are designed to be used daily from Dec. 5 to Dec. 24. Each features a suggested activity for the day ("Read a book that celebrates the season," etc.) and a related Chris Ware holiday illustration.

Questions: E-mail MCT Graphics Director Wes Albers.

When the new commander-in-chief hits the road, he'll get space, security and the suite life.

A new MCT OnePage, from the Miami Herald, examines the origin of the "presidential suite" and takes a look at a few suites that might host President Obama.

MCT now offers OnePages in a high-resolution PDF format, in addition to the Quark version of the page. Also available are free PDF previews for download.

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