DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa-based organization that leads adventure trips for cancer survivors has revealed its next excursion — a journey to Tibet to hike around Mount Kailash, which many religions have deemed a sacred site.

Dr. Richard Deming, a Des Moines oncologist who founded Above and Beyond Cancer in 2011, announced Wednesday that a group of roughly 24 people will travel to the remote western Tibet in September. Most are cancer survivors and caregivers.

The upcoming trip will allow participants to trek the region where Mount Kailash’s peak soars more than 22,000 feet within the Transhimalaya mountain range. Deming says trips and events sponsored by the organization are representative of cancer patients’ journey toward recovery. Past destinations include Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and, most recently, Machu Picchu in Peru.