 During the 1932 Sierra Club High Trip to Sequoia National Park , Wright and Adams both photographed Precipice Lake near Eagle Scout Peak , while Virginia swam in the lake , still arrayed with icy patches . Wright was shocked when he saw Adams 's Frozen Lake and Cliffs , The Sierra Nevada , Sequoia National Park , so much more beautiful than the photos Wright himself had produced . Mary Street Alinder described the image : " Mirrored ghostly upon the inky waters , a shattered black cliff descends into a partially frozen lake . " 
