Cook put together an expedition with the idea of making the first
attempt
to climb Mount Everest and producing a documentary film about the
attempt.
He departed the US in 1915, but once he got to India his movements were
restricted
by the British because of the war, and he was unable to get into
Tibet.
He returned to the US by way of Russia and Europe, arriving in January
1916.
Although he made no progress in the goal of the expedition, he made a
side
trip to Borneo and got some interesting footage of the reputed
head-hunters
there. 
From the footage shot, he put
together a film entitled
“To the Antipodes,” but it was a commercial
failure. Cook then went
to Wyoming and became interested in the nascent oil boom there.
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