Atte Saku Juhani Miettinen (born November 19, 1975) is a Finnish business executive and mountaineer living in Dubai.
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, FranceItaly 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 December 2011 Aconcagua, Argentina 6 961 metres South America May 2012 Mount Everest, Nepal 8 848,86 metres Asia June 2012 Denali, United States 6 190 metres North America 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
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