Alain Robert, who scaled the New York Times Building with two other men in June, pleaded guilty to charges of disorderly conduct and was sentenced this morning to three days of community service, the Times reported. Because the French stuntman climbed the building to raise awareness about global warming, he was barred from completing the community service with an environmental organization. Though Robert was only charged with disorderly conduct, his co-climbers both face more serious charges with the possibility of jail time. Too bad, since we think that climbing up the 52 floors of the Times building for an environmental cause is way cooler than, say, hanging upside down for 60 hours to get people to look at you.

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