Atte Miettinen

Atte Miettinen
Born	(1975-11-19) 19 November 1975 (age 49)
Nationality	Finnish
Occupation(s)	Business executive, mountaineer
Known for	Summited the Seven summits and five of the Volcanic Seven Summits

Atte Saku Juhani Miettinen (born November 19, 1975) is a Finnish business executive and mountaineer living in Dubai. ^[1]

Miettinen was the first Finn to scale the so-called Seven summits, climbing the last of the seven on June 22, 2012. He has climbed both the Bass and Messner lists, which only 100 mountaineers in the world had done at the time. Richard Bass and Reinhold Messner’s lists differ for the highest peaks in Oceania.

During his Seven Peaks project, Miettinen became only the second Finn to reach the summit of Vinson Massif in Antarctica. The first Finnish conqueror of the mountain was Veikka Gustafsson. Miettinen was the first Finn to climb Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia.

Miettinen has also climbed five of the Volcanic Seven Summits.

Atte Miettinen — Seven Summits — Volcanic Seven Summits
Date	Mountain	Height	Continent	References
January 2007	Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	5 895 metres	Africa
July 2008	Mont Blanc, France Italy	5 805 metres	Western Europe
July 2009	Elbrus, Russia	5 642 metres	Europe
April 2010	Mount Kosciuszko, Australia	2 228 metres	Oceania
May 2011	Carstensz Pyramid, Indonesia	4 884 metres	Oceania
November 2011	Vinson Massif, Antarctica	4 892 metres	Antarctica	[2]
December 2011	Aconcagua, Argentina	6 961 metres	South America	[3]
May 2012	Mount Everest, Nepal	8 848,86 metres	Asia	[4]
June 2012	Denali, United States	6 190 metres	North America	[5]
December 2019	Ojos del Salado, Chile	6 893 metres	South America
November 2022	Pico de Orizaba, Mexico	5 636 metres	North America
September 2024	Mount Damavand, Iran	5 610 metres	Asia

References

1. D’Souza, Carolina (7 July 2012). "Dubai resident scales the Seven Summits". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
2. "Atte Miettinen valloitti Etelämantereen korkeimman vuoren" [‘Atte Miettinen conquered the highest peak in Antarctica’] (in Finnish). MTV3.fi Matkailu. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
3. "Dubai expat aims to climb world's seven highest summits". Arabian Business . ITP Media Group. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
4. "Atte Miettinen valloitti Mount Everestin vaarallisissa olosuhteissa" [‘Atte Miettinen conquered Mount Everest in dangerous circumstances’]. MTV3.fi Matkailu. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
5. "Atte Miettinen teki kiipeilyhistoriaa" [‘Atte Miettinen made mountaineerin history’]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Sanoma. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.