Well this is very curious.
If "it is clear the peak has not been climbed"... then that means the process of climbing it would have left evidence that others could discover. If it is indeed possible to climb it without leaving evidence, then how can it be argued that it's never been climbed?
If it is on private property and the owners have not given permission and claim it's never been climbed, that is not proof.
If it is on military or Native American reservation property and they claim no ascents, that is also not proof.
If it is such a 'fragile' pinnacle that climbing it would destroy it, then yeah, that would be proof but that's now entered the ridiculous. Maybe near Triple Divide Peak there is a ridge pinnacle like that; a stack of dinner plates. But then, if that's the case, why the secrecy? Nobody wants to die.
If it is a truly legitimate peak, in the actual Sierras, not just a scrappy, death pinnacle, then the "box" we all gotta "think outside of" must be pretty weird.
It also would be a bit above just "a cursory level".
The hilarious truth, I believe, is that JD is a master of fishing and this is one of his better days.